Palliative Care

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Please pray for everybody in palliative care right now… especially those suffering from scary diseases. I volunteer there and know that many people are struggling right now!

Thank you!
God bless.
 
Just to clarify to everyone - palliative care is the term used for “end of life” care.

My prayers are always with the dying.
 
Just to clarify to everyone - palliative care is the term used for “end of life” care.
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My prayers join yours.

Importantly, palliative care is not a synonym for “end of life”. Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on preserving quality of life for people with chronic serious disease. It is appropriate at any stage of an illness and is delivered along with aggressive disease-focused and even curative treatments. For more information, please see getpalliativecare.org or palliativedoctors.org.

Care that focuses only on “end of life” is known as “hospice” care. This kind of care also focuses on comfort and quality of life, but treatments aimed at trying to change the underlying illness are no longer undertaken (either because they were no longer working at all, or because their benefits were small and their burdens large).

Thank you for this opportunity to discuss a topic so important!
 
LemonAndLime said:
Just to clarify to everyone - palliative care is the term used for “end of life” care.

My prayers are always with the dying.
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Thank you for that clarification!!! Yes they need our prayers. It’s a tough time of life.

God bless!
 
Mother Mary,

We entrust the souls of those who are to die to your mercy and care. Bring them, through your love, to Jesus. Grant them strength to remain steadfast in their Faith. Relieve their suffering in their hour of death. And when that dreadful hour arrives, mitigate their suffering and carry their souls to Jesus; stand with them at the Judgment seat of God and defend them.

Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

Amen.
 
Remember, most loving Virgin Mary,
never was it heard
that anyone who turned to you for help
was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence,
though burdened by my sins,
I run to your protection 
for you are my mother.
Mother of the Word of God,
do not despise my words of pleading
but be merciful and hear my prayer.
Amen.
 
Our Father who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On Earth as it is Heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
 
In the last few weeks my family had a rather alarming “palliative care” incident.
My grandmother has cancer and over the Christmas period her condition worsened and fast. She had daily care from nurses and we were told to prepare ourselves for the end. When she was taken to hospital it turns out that a message had been mixed up along the lines and she was being given palliative care that was killing her rather then helping her fight the cancer which is what her doctor ordered.

It turns out that the woman we were easing into death had actually fought off almost all of the cancer but was too weak due to the drugs given to her from palliative care. This is a grave mistake but that being said, the nurses we dealt with daily were wonderful and very professional. I know I could not even dream of doing what they have to do.

I know not really the place to share this but I just want people to learn, if you have any doubts, DO NOT hesitate to question the decisions being made. We nearly learnt that the hard way.

I will pray for my grandma and all other people involved with palliative care.

Thanks
 
I have a childhood friend who fought her way through stomache cancer.She lost so much weight and was so dread fully ill her family was sure they were looking at the end.Against all odds her husband ( a very stubborn Scot) demanded the medical staff stopped the drugs as he was sure it was the drugs not the cancer that was killing her.With nothing to lose the drugs were halted and she slowly got her strength back and mercifully the cancer was gone.She is still frail but it has been five years now ,so it pays to go with your instincts sometimes …just thought I would pss along the info
 
jannes said:
I have a childhood friend who fought her way through stomache cancer.She lost so much weight and was so dread fully ill her family was sure they were looking at the end.Against all odds her husband ( a very stubborn Scot) demanded the medical staff stopped the drugs as he was sure it was the drugs not the cancer that was killing her.With nothing to lose the drugs were halted and she slowly got her strength back and mercifully the cancer was gone.She is still frail but it has been five years now ,so it pays to go with your instincts sometimes …just thought I would pss along the info
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Wow that’s an amazing story!!! Thank you for sharing that!

God bless.
 
Hail Mary, full of Grace
The Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou amongst women
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners
Now and at the hour of our death

Amen
 
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