Cancer

Kaninang umaga, habang nakikinig kami ng radyo ng pamilya, ang news eh tungkol sa mga nabitay nating kababayan sa China dahil sa naging drug courier daw sila at pinatawan nga ng death penalty by lethal injection.

Nanay: Lethal injection? Pano sila pinatay? Ay, injection yon no?

Ollie: Opo.

Nanay: San tinuturok? Saang parte ng katawan?

Ollie: Sa ugat.

Tatay: Parang dextrose.

Nanay: Tapos mangingisay na sila?

Ollie: Hmmm hindi.. May 3 or 4 stages ata yon (3 to 4 klaseng injections), yung una eh pampakalma muna, then yung last eh pampatigil ng pag functions ng organs ng body.

Nanay: Parang ang hirap naman nun. Alam na alam mong papatayin ka na no?

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This is my thought: Yung mga binitay ba eh o mga bibitayin palang eh may hospice or palliative care thingy din parang sa mga cancer patients?

Palliative care:

• provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms;
• affirms life and regards dying as a normal process;
• intends neither to hasten nor to postpone death;
• integrates the psychological and spiritual aspects of patient care;
• offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible;
• offers a support system to help the family cope;
• uses a team approach to address the needs of patients and their families;
• will enhance quality of life;
• is applicable early in the course of illness, in conjunction with other therapies that are intended to prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation therapy

Sana merong ganon or some sort of that.. para naman di stressful at magaan kang papanaw at di lang nag aantay na lang na araw mo sa loob ng kulungan.. kaka stress! Dapat di lang pasyente o yung bibitayin ang bibigyan ng ganong process dapat pati yung family ng biktima rin.