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This fall, the New Hampshire Alliance for End of Life Options will offer a course through UNH’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)—an exciting step in bringing practical, informed conversation about end-of-life choices to more people across New Hampshire. End-of-Life Planning and Options in New Hampshire is on Zoom, Oct. 22 from 6 – 8 p.m. […]
New Pew Center for Research report significant for New Hampshire: Most Americans see MAiD as neither fringe nor partisan. It is a deeply personal end-of-life option that many people — across many backgrounds — believe should be available.
Walking the Path of Life (2) I thought I’d have a little more time to talk about my medical condition with my 5 grand-daughters. My rare disease is hard enough for adults to understand, and the oldest of the girls is only 11. I have a pheochromocytoma and multiple paragangliomas– tumors that grow near nerve […]
There is a time in life to release ourselves from the image we have presented to the world and to occupy the person called me. To live your latter years in this space can provide both freedom and interest. It does not require us to forget our past but provides the opportunity to connect with […]
What would happen to an astronaut body in space, or what if you ate a bag of popcorn before you died and were cremated? These and other questions are answered candidly, honestly, and with unforgettable humor in Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
As many dying people do, Mom stole away when she was alone for a moment. Now she was free and gone, at peace.
Frank was clear. He wanted to follow through, as he put it, all the way to the end in Vermont. Just days before, he’d had one last voyage on his prized sailboat. He was losing significant bodily capacity every day; the pace of change was accelerating.
I hope to have the MAiD option in Vermont; I’ve identified a physician there who is willing to see me. But I can tell you that already the complications are mounting.
My son has joked with me that for four years I’ve been saying this or that could be the last time – but now, it’s surreally real. My educated guess is I’ve got 3-6 months.
The message of Natural Causes: stop working so hard to dodge aging and death; allow yourself to enjoy this gift we call life; and this means thinking for yourself, prioritizing enjoyment over peer pressure, fads and propaganda.
In a supportive and friendly environment, we’ll learn about specifying what we want – and don’t want – for care and medical treatments if we have dementia and aren’t able to make decisions for ourselves
“Right to die in America is a about as meaningful as the right to eat or the right to decent housing: you’ve got the right, but it doesn’t mean you’re going to get the goods.” - Amy Bloom.