[Magdalen] RIP Sir Terry Pratchett

[ME Michaud]

I sat with my mother as she was dying and I was ASTONISHED at
the similarities with labor and childbirth. Many years later I had a
friend who was a doula, and she said the same. Her father's dying
was more like childbirth than she ever would have imagined.

I remember thinking it was as if my mother were giving birth to
her new self.

One of my old friends died of Alzheimer's because she forgot how
to eat. She choked to death, if you can beleve it.
-M

On Friday, March 13, 2015, <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, and another interesting aspect of palliative care in our town, the
> Hospice doctor who goes by the beautiful name of Nan Jolly (something Terry
> Pratchett could have invented!) is also a much respected and loved
> Breastfeeding and post-natal consultant. She's very aware of the parallels
> between beginning and end of life, when it comes to medical assistance aka
> interference!
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