5 Steps to Make the Healthcare System Work for You
At my first bereavement group, grieving spouses recounted heart-wrenching tales full of tears, anger, regret, and loneliness. Their spouses died in hospitals, with medical personnel trying to work miracles right up to the bitter end. They had not even been in the room with their loved ones at the...
5 Ways to Cope with Your Loved One’s Terminal Illness
The day my husband Bruce was diagnosed with an aggressive stage 4 esophageal cancer is seared into my memory. How could this be happening? Bruce was one of the healthiest people I’d ever known. I was shaken to learn that many patients die within a year of noticing the first symptoms. I thought we...