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  • Jadziah12
    Jadziah12 Online Community Member Posts: 16 Contributor

    Hello, I was a nurse on General medicine wards. I worked mostly with elderly patients and also on lung and respiratory wards. Unfortunately my husband passed away from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and aggressive lung cancer πŸ’”πŸ˜’πŸ’” it was really hard to nurse him as a patient as he kept asking questions about the illness 😒 he wanted me to explain what was going to happen to him. I am also waiting for the pain management team as I am in chronic pain all day and even at night. You are so right about the loneliness, it is an awful experience. Thank you

    so much

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,403 Championing

    Hi @Jadziah12

    I know the feeling about being asked questions. We nursed my granny at the end of her life and she'd often ask things. When she asked "do you think I'll be able to get out of bed soon?" I couldn't bring myself to lie, but didn't have the heart to tell the truth. I found I started giving non-committal answers. When she was near the end and asked if she'd feel better, I answered that "the pain will get better". That still kind of haunts me because it seemed to give her peace of mind, but I knew exactly what I meant

    What kind of years were you a nurse? My mum was a nurse, in the 80s… she was a midwife, though! 😊

  • Jadziah12
    Jadziah12 Online Community Member Posts: 16 Contributor

    I was a nurse from 2000 until 2020.

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,403 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1095722#Comment_1095722

    That's cool! My mum was a nurse from about 1985 to 1995 ☺️

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