2019 me: I’m so glad I’m getting a pump, I can’t go anywhere easily dragging gravity drips for 4 hours a day
2026 me: thank god I get to go back to gravity drips for a few days, there is rarely ever air in the line but the pump won’t stop beeping
“Morphine, Consent, and the Final Week”, Aurora Mizutani’s latest Controversial Research
#Palliative sedation
#End-of-life care
#ajalalegacyforum
#Morphine in hospice
#Terminal dehydration
#Informed consent
#Medical ethics
Nasce nel territorio delle Colline Matildiche, in provincia di Reggio Emilia, la prima “compassionate community” in Italia: il progetto “InVITA!”, coordinato dal Centro servizi per il volontariato Emilia e supportato dall’8xmille di Unione Buddhista Italiana si propone di ridurre la sofferenza legata a malattie inguaribili e nel fine vita grazie al supporto di tutta la comunità
“Who am I to stop taking my medication?"
Patient Perspectives on Antithrombotic Therapy in Advanced Cancer
#cancer #thrombosis #geriatrics #medmastodon #medication #sdm #palliative
A quotation from Bertrand Russell
A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/760…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #alcohol #analgesic #distraction #drinking #drunkenness #frustration #hedonism #living #oblivion #palliative #pleasure #unawareness #unhappiness
A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of "pleasure." That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it…
SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 3rd, 2025
#arrowheads #Kruger #femur #glycosides #Psychoactive #transcending #palliative #Death #H5N1 #H5N9 #wild #reassortment #creativity #empathetic #risk-taking #usefulness #diverse #mussels #sensors #water-quality #bioindicator
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Marie
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Anaïs
Tous morts d'un cancer colorectal avant 45 ans, moyenne 36 ans.
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Moins de 40 ans et atteintes elles aussi.
Alors avec votre test à faire à 50 ans 🖕
Leur cancer a une mutation génétique bien plus grave que celui des vieux comme le mien, le leur est incurable, c'est #chimio #palliative directe et mort en 6 mois à 1 an.
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