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Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

In Sickness and in Health: Being There for Your Ex?

Some people set aside divorce or hostility to care for former partners when catastrophic illness arises, prioritizing children, compassion, or vows despite emotional pain.
Health
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Doctors say I won't make it to the holidays. I hosted a 'living funeral' to say goodbye.

A 38-year-old single mother with rare, aggressive neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma held a living funeral to achieve closure and spend meaningful time with loved ones.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert on leaving her marriage for a dying friend: She said, Let's just live balls to the wall until I die!'

Sometime in the summer of 2017 I wrote in my journal, Jesus fucking Christ, please save me. I was trapped in hell, and I could see no way out. Our beautiful, sunny, two-bedroom penthouse apartment in the East Village which I had rented for Rayya to make her happy in the last months of her life had become a dungeon of misery, danger, degradation, drugs.
Mental health
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Counting down to zero: the final warning from a climate diplomat

A glioblastoma diagnosis with a 15–18 month median prognosis prompted acceptance, focused life reflection, and a decision to record personal and climate-related achievements.
Mental health
fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

To Those Who Look Miserable

Person with newly diagnosed terminal illness, alone and without transport, stranded in extreme heat, missing bus connections and fearing death without access to medication.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Joe Grogan's last days: the last-minute wedding, the 5.5m farm and the row that could be heading to the High Court

The inquest focused on the final weeks of Joe Grogan's life as he succumbed to terminal cancer.
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Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

My Kids Are Calling Me Selfish and Cutting Me Off From My Grandbabies. The Reason Is Deeply Unfair.

Acknowledge your children's feelings while standing firm on your decision to forgo treatment for your own peace and desire to spend quality time with family.
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NYC politics
fromBrooklyn Eagle
4 months ago

New York lawmakers approve bill that would allow medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill

New York legislators passed a bill allowing terminally ill patients to voluntarily end their lives with prescribed medication.
NYC politics
fromNew York Post
5 months ago

NY state Assembly passes controversial assisted suicide bill after 5 hours of emotional debate

New York legislators are moving towards legalizing assisted suicide for terminally ill individuals with the passing of the "Medical Aid in Dying Act."
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fromwww.amny.com
4 months ago
NYC politics

New York on the cusp of allowing medical aid in helping terminally ill die as state Senate sends controversial bill to Hochul's desk | amNewYork

fromsilive
4 months ago
NYC politics

N.Y. Senate passes Medical Aid in Dying Act; next step is Gov. Hochul's desk

NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
4 months ago

New York on the cusp of allowing medical aid in helping terminally ill die as state Senate sends controversial bill to Hochul's desk | amNewYork

New York's Senate passed a bill for terminally ill adults to access prescribed life-ending medication.
fromsilive
4 months ago
NYC politics

N.Y. Senate passes Medical Aid in Dying Act; next step is Gov. Hochul's desk

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UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months ago

TV doctor Hilary Jones says he would help terminally ill to die if law changed

The new End of Life Bill seeks to establish assisted dying for terminally ill patients, contingent upon approval from medical professionals.
fromNew York Post
4 months ago

Delaware's assisted suicide bill signed into law, making it the 11th state with such a statute

This signing today is about relieving suffering and giving families the comfort of knowing that their loved one was able to pass on their own terms, without unnecessary pain.
Mental health
fromGameSpot
5 months ago

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Review - Light And Shadow

"Over the past year, I've become all too familiar with terminal illness and its inevitable conclusion...I was essentially grieving for someone who was still alive..."
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Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

You can let go now': inside the hospital where staff treat fear of death as well as physical pain

Palliative care prioritizes symptom relief for terminally ill patients over curative treatment, addressing both physical and emotional concerns.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Syrian refugee says Home Office breaking my heart' by refusing dying mother entry to UK

The Home Office's actions hinder a terminally ill mother's reunion with her family in the UK.
Podcast
fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

FX's 'Dying For Sex' is based on the true story of Molly Kochan, whose terminal cancer diagnosis led her down a path of sexual discovery

Molly, a terminal cancer patient, explores her sexual desires in her final days, highlighting joy in the face of mortality.
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