The Daring Dufas wrote in
:


Doctors sent me home to die



You're serious? That's not the most encouraging thing in the world...



but I
refuse and don't feel bad about disappointing them. My hospice nurse
keeps admonishing me for going out on jobs to help my roommate but I
explain that it's work therapy and I can't just sit around regardless
of how much it hurts to walk, climb and crawl around on the floor



That's my mother's attitude as well. Everything is a giant effort for her,
and yet she /forces/ herself to do them. /Makes/ herself go for a walk
(with a wheeled walker), to the store, read, do puzzles, whatever. I think
always staying active in some way or other has helped keep her going as
long as she has, in spite of some non-trivial health problems.

Your hospice nurse needs to get a better understanding of how human minds
work.


--
Tegger