*shiver*

[correctiveshoes621]

Just finished the chapter, 'Your Role in Death and Dying'..about hospice, pain management, the signs leading up to/what happens to various body systems before/when it is occurring, and helping families deal with it...

And, seriously..I hope I don't have to ever do the post-mortem bathing/closing eyes thing. Let alone transporting them to the morgue.

I know I have to be professional, but Geez. I guess *somebody* has to do it.

Comments

[renoir-girl.livejournal.com]

Well... you get used to it. And then you develop this kind of black humor about it, and then you have days that remind you of M*A*S*H, and then you get used to it again...

You're strong enough, though.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

Thank you for being so supportive..and for understanding, Amy. I hope to God I develop the black humor thing. Our instructor related that she found that a lot of people think of nurses as being 'callous' -- as did I, once -- but, I understand it a LOT better now.

I know it is just a shell, but it is God's Temple, you know? At least it was, when they were living. We are gonna discuss this all in class today, and I hope it is put more in perspective.

Just another passage in life, I know.

[renoir-girl.livejournal.com]

Well, I think the experience itself will put it into perspective for you better than a class... although the class will probably help you for now.

I hope you'll write about those experiences when you have them, though... chronicle your own development through that. It will be great for you to have, but what a terrific way to have an effect on the perspectives of others!

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

You know? I thought about writing about it all..but people MUST be getting sick of hearing about 'Indi and the Geezers', by now..There is such a rich array of experiences and stories in that building..so many lives to be chronicled. As for my own feelings? They change everyday..I have grown so much from this already.

[renoir-girl.livejournal.com]

Well, of course you know my solution to "don't spam your friendslist" -- make a filter!

Worrying about what other people want to read is not, I don't think, sufficient reason to prevent you writing about your own life in your *ahem* journal... ;-)

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

You know? I always thought that, too..it IS a 'journal'..only one person has unfriended me, though, in the whole time I have had it..and I still don't know why..I prefer to 'tell' myself that it is just that I am no longer LOTR obsessed enough.

I have another journal for 'the dark side' of RL..but haven't had a lot of occasion to use it, lately..

[renoir-girl.livejournal.com]

... intriguing...

Yeah, well, the whole bizarre 'unfriending' phenomenon is a whole 'nother topic. :-) I suppose there is no pain in life that we can't find a way to mirror on LJ.

f*cking technological versatility...

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

Lol...yes, very true. :)

[lilagrubb.livejournal.com]

You do get used to it. You might find that actually doing it is not as bad as you'd imagined. To me, it's just part of my job, and I take it in my stride. It still gets to me at times when the patient's family are upset, though. Occasionally I feel like crying with them.

[indiwise.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your words..and your learned opinion. It just kinda freaks me out..How can I put this?..because it is such a personal thing..a sacred thing..like, I would feel like an intruder, a blasphemer, of sorts. I know I would be respectful, that is not a problem..but, I remember a line I read once.."It was like washing MEAT." I know it is just a shell.

And yeah, I will get over it. Eventually.

*Hugs you for WANTING to cry with the families...can relate*