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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 09:13:08 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2017-09-22 11:22 PM, Janet wrote:
> >> In article >,
> >> says...
> >
> >>> It's painless here.
> >>
> >> In some circumstances no amount of end-of-life sedation will entirely
> >> suppress the pain of some cancer tumours and their effects. I have
> >> witnessed a truly wretched last day and death in a cancer hospice with
> >> full palliative care.
> >
> >I was not at my sister in law's deathbed, but her long time friend who
> >sat with her to the end told me that she was in non stop agony for the
> >last few days. It didn't help that her intestines were impacted as a
> >result of the heavy doses of pain medication.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I cannot think a person here whom I have known, that died with any
> sort of pain.

Were you there with them at the end?

There have been several died of cancer but they were
> long gone before it was unbearable.

How bearable the pain is (or other distressing symptoms), is often
kept very private from friends and bedside visitors. Different story in
the wee small hours.

Janet UK

Perhaps it is more a fear of the
> moment of death. A good friend died of pancreatic cancer and two or
> three times she mused about what did I think the actual transition
> would be like and I could only say that like her, I really didn't
> know.

I have been with several people in their last few hours and as death
took place and it's given me a very firm idea of what I'd like for my
own death