Before I die: a day with terminally ill patients | Death Land #2

What does it feel like to know you’re dying? In episode two of Death Land, Leah Green meets people who are facing up to the end of their lives. She follows palliative care doctor Sunita Puri as she helps her patients come to terms with their own mortality
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39 COMMENTS

  1. I love the idea presented here that we experience little deaths every day. My friend, who worked in Hospice, claims that life's little goodbyes: a lost pet, a broken heart, a friendship or marriage ending, are preparations for the final goodbye – death.

  2. All is women is doing is trying to force and convince people to give up and die. She’s a disgrace and should be sacked. She has not idea how she would feel………..if she was told this by someone else. Shes a psychopath and she’s religiously motivated in what she believes. This should not be allowed in hospital.

  3. I have CRPS and I get many looks when I say Im glad we don't live forever. I cherish every day as a gift and the promise of relief in death keeps ne going. My illness will never go away it in fact will only get worse in time. But death no longer clouds my every thought as I have recently come to terms with it with the help of believe it or not "guided mushroom therapy" 😅

    Hey It really helped me take a long an calm look at myself and helped me get back in connection with myself. Time is fleeting, so cherish it with everything you got.

  4. Gosh what I wouldn’t give to find a doctor who would talk to my family like this. My mom has end stage pancreatic cancer and my father is in denial. Prolonging her suffering feels so wrong to my sister and I but no one will explain the situation to my father and he won’t listen to us 😔

  5. I literally stopped caring even for those I loved due to whatever they believe in to justify their extreme actions. Your born and you will die, try to live pain free the best way you can. That is it, oh, the real fight to is establish peace.

  6. This is genuinely, hands down, one of the most eloquent, empowering, compassionate palliative care doctors I have ever seen. You can tell the passion behind her words and eyes, just based off this small glimpse of what her everyday is. Thank you Doctor Puri and all of the staff there for everything you guys do.

  7. I will never not be scared of dying like this. My father had cancer three times (thankfully he survived), but seeing him go down to 120/110 lbs in that bed terrified me, he was basically unapproachable because of the pain unless he was high.

  8. She's a Debbie Downer, let ppl have hope, there is nothing wrong with hope. Hope is at least positive and healing. Miracles can happen, so until it's final, don't be negative until you are 100% sure. Gees.

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