I felt the same way when I asked hospice to make sure my dad wasn’t in pain. I was known as the “minimize opioids to the maximum” chronic pain clinician so when I asked them to be liberal for dad, people noticed. When he passed 12 hours after getting into hospice I thought, “My God it’s my fault he OD’d”. Which of course there was no OD.…
I felt the same way when I asked hospice to make sure my dad wasn’t in pain. I was known as the “minimize opioids to the maximum” chronic pain clinician so when I asked them to be liberal for dad, people noticed. When he passed 12 hours after getting into hospice I thought, “My God it’s my fault he OD’d”. Which of course there was no OD. Took some time to throw my ego aside and now I am grateful he went in peace, and it had nothing to do with anything I did or did not suggest.
I felt the same way when I asked hospice to make sure my dad wasn’t in pain. I was known as the “minimize opioids to the maximum” chronic pain clinician so when I asked them to be liberal for dad, people noticed. When he passed 12 hours after getting into hospice I thought, “My God it’s my fault he OD’d”. Which of course there was no OD. Took some time to throw my ego aside and now I am grateful he went in peace, and it had nothing to do with anything I did or did not suggest.