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Mini my thoughts and prayers are with you at this time of sorrow. I'm so sorry that you lost your Mom. May you find comfort in your memories of her and strength from God to get through this trying time.
Lisa
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Originally Posted by
justme23
They do this for terminal patients. Do you really think they should be left in pain and to suffer? My mother passed the same way, but she was out of pain and that's really all that matters. Yes, it took me 20 years to feel this way, but it is just that.
Mini, I am so very sorry for your loss. I lost my mom when I was 11, so I do know how you feel. My prayers are w/ you and your family.
She was 76 and she told me she wasn't in hardly any pain just super nauseated. Thats why I couldn't understand why they gave her the liquid morphine. She wasn't hardly taking anything for pain just pain pills. She said she always thought the pain was really bad when you had cancer but hers wasn't that bad, she said it was the nausea that made her feel bad not the pain. She was more sick because she couldn't eat because of the nausea than because of pain.
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(((mini))) I am so sorry you lost you mom 
my thoughts and prayers go out to you in this time of sorrow
My mom 6/08/1944 -3-16-2015
I love you !
We will meet again someday
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wow, she was so young... my thoughts and prayers are with you...
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I am so sorry for your loss. 
You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
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Originally Posted by
gmyers
I'm really sorry for your loss. I wouldn't be surprised if you find out it was the morphine that took her life. I had a neighbor that had lung cancer. I was helping take care of her and they put her on liquid morphine. When they did it was a friday. And they told us that she would probably die very soon. They were right by Monday she died. I believe the morphine shut her lungs down and they seemed to know it would because they were telling us she would die soon. I think morphine is what caused her death not the cancer. I never did understand why they gave her the morphine because she said she wasn't in a lot of pain just super nauseated from the chemo. She started breathing raspy and then just stopped.
Mini...i'm so sorry for your loss. That is a very young age. But, i just have to respond to this above comment...which is false info and may lead you to question her death and place blame where it does not lie....and possibly interfere with your normal grieving process.
this is your quote:
they tried giving her the maximum dosage of IV to fight the fluid but they just kept building up to the point her liver and kidneys started shutting down so they moved her a hospice house on Thursday
honey, this is what took her life in the end. her body was shutting down and being the civilized people that we are...we do not let people lay and suffer when we have medication readily available to help with the transition from this life to the next.
the noises we hear in the end is called terminal congestion. it comes from a decreased swallowing reflex and the accumulation of fluid in the lungs because the kidney's aren't functioning properly. this is also why there is swelling in the extremities. this is also why IV fluids are contraindicated for a person near the end of life............it overloads the system and worsens this symptom. people have a hard time understanding this....they think their loved one is dehydrated and suffering but dehydration is a normal process. it allows the person to slip away into unconsciousness or at least into another realm where the suffering is not so great.
There is always someone bigger and badder than you!
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I am so very sorry for your loss, you will be in my prayers.
Mom to:
Amanda 3-4-89, Jessie 7-14-92 and Kali 10-22-99
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Originally Posted by
gmyers
She was 76 and she told me she wasn't in hardly any pain just super nauseated. Thats why I couldn't understand why they gave her the liquid morphine. She wasn't hardly taking anything for pain just pain pills. She said she always thought the pain was really bad when you had cancer but hers wasn't that bad, she said it was the nausea that made her feel bad not the pain. She was more sick because she couldn't eat because of the nausea than because of pain.
Morphine isn't just for pain. It helps with the terminal secretions i spoke about above. This website should help you understand the dying process a little better than lil old me can. It is very helpful.
http://books.google.com/books?id=woc...ospice&f=false
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i am so sorry this happened-my prayers are with you and your family
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