tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post7324032357838031703..comments2009-08-24T10:51:05.480+02:00Bongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-68347432599922090532009-08-16T05:34:05.740+02:002009-08-16T05:34:05.740+02:00Good post!<br /><br />You have such a way with words.<br /><br />I was thinking that he knew. No one could be that sick and not know.<br /><br />Interesting how some people do that dance of denial... around the dying person..and the dying person will go with the flow because they don&#39;t want to upset the others... and so they&#39;re all held captive in their mutual silences.<br /><br />I am sure it helped him to talk with you.SeaSprayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07906503090688697222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-42031952750411305372009-08-15T09:28:13.019+02:002009-08-15T09:28:13.019+02:00Graffiti on the Edendale Hospital Theatre toilet wall, (a surprisingly good source of wisdom and questionable stains): &quot;A good surgeon knows how to operate, a better surgeon knows when to operate, and the best surgeon knows when not to operate.&quot;Amanzi Down Underhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12235667869792256049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-75931885315863722452009-08-14T13:04:40.765+02:002009-08-14T13:04:40.765+02:00Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It&#39;s the transition that&#39;s troublesome. - Isaac AsimovDaffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12090925788906386715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-30966116246330938962009-08-13T01:45:05.416+02:002009-08-13T01:45:05.416+02:00This post reminds me of one of ur older posts about a young man with a fungating facial tumor. <br />For the longest time i was under the impression that surgeons always cut to (in an attempt to) cure. Im finally begining to grasp the concept of surgery for paliative purposes now that im rotating through oncology surgery. We are taught that paliative care shuld neither hasten nor slow down the death process. <br />I guess it is not as black and white when the patient is sitting in front of you. It is a tricky subject. . .atleast for me, still being a student and all.Jadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13311126824432373743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-85643693127125851902009-08-13T00:27:56.720+02:002009-08-13T00:27:56.720+02:00well said, Doc.<br /><br />the frailty of life yet the triumph of human spirit.platensimycinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17168620011502808236noreply@blogger.com