Penny Smith

So the doctors are always trying to figure out like what is the terminal diagnosis for this person because you have to have one for them to qualify for hospice. So if it might be renal failure if they're diabetic and their kidneys fail.

So the doctors are always trying to figure out like what is the terminal diagnosis for this person because you have to have one for them to qualify for hospice. So if it might be renal failure if they're diabetic and their kidneys fail.

Yeah. There you go. Cancer, dementia. I don't have my glasses on, so I can't read the heart disease. Yeah.

Yeah. There you go. Cancer, dementia. I don't have my glasses on, so I can't read the heart disease. Yeah.

Yeah. There you go. Cancer, dementia. I don't have my glasses on, so I can't read the heart disease. Yeah.

Lung disease. Yeah. Lung disease. Liver disease is probably on there somewhere too. Yeah. But cancer, number one.

Lung disease. Yeah. Lung disease. Liver disease is probably on there somewhere too. Yeah. But cancer, number one.

Lung disease. Yeah. Lung disease. Liver disease is probably on there somewhere too. Yeah. But cancer, number one.

Smoking, drinking, that's another thing that'll make you quit. Although ironically, you know, I was a hospice nurse for 16 years before I quit drinking. But yeah, for sure. I've had a lot of, and that's, I talk about that in my book too, you know, that really made me reflect a lot when I was taking care of patients who were dying from smoking or drinking. I was a three pack a day smoker. I've,

Smoking, drinking, that's another thing that'll make you quit. Although ironically, you know, I was a hospice nurse for 16 years before I quit drinking. But yeah, for sure. I've had a lot of, and that's, I talk about that in my book too, you know, that really made me reflect a lot when I was taking care of patients who were dying from smoking or drinking. I was a three pack a day smoker. I've,

Smoking, drinking, that's another thing that'll make you quit. Although ironically, you know, I was a hospice nurse for 16 years before I quit drinking. But yeah, for sure. I've had a lot of, and that's, I talk about that in my book too, you know, that really made me reflect a lot when I was taking care of patients who were dying from smoking or drinking. I was a three pack a day smoker. I've,

quit now for I think 32 years it's been since I quit but I worked in bars for eight years I was a bartender and I smoked like a chimney and so like whoa I'm very very lucky that I didn't end up with a smoking related disease but yeah smoking is bad and and those types of diseases are hard to watch people die from um

quit now for I think 32 years it's been since I quit but I worked in bars for eight years I was a bartender and I smoked like a chimney and so like whoa I'm very very lucky that I didn't end up with a smoking related disease but yeah smoking is bad and and those types of diseases are hard to watch people die from um

quit now for I think 32 years it's been since I quit but I worked in bars for eight years I was a bartender and I smoked like a chimney and so like whoa I'm very very lucky that I didn't end up with a smoking related disease but yeah smoking is bad and and those types of diseases are hard to watch people die from um

It's really hard to watch your person die from liver disease when they have just extreme agitation and confusion, combativeness. It's really, really hard for families to see their person devolve into that condition. For patients dying from smoking-related diseases to feel air hunger, suffocation, they can't breathe, they can't get their breath is very...

It's really hard to watch your person die from liver disease when they have just extreme agitation and confusion, combativeness. It's really, really hard for families to see their person devolve into that condition. For patients dying from smoking-related diseases to feel air hunger, suffocation, they can't breathe, they can't get their breath is very...

It's really hard to watch your person die from liver disease when they have just extreme agitation and confusion, combativeness. It's really, really hard for families to see their person devolve into that condition. For patients dying from smoking-related diseases to feel air hunger, suffocation, they can't breathe, they can't get their breath is very...

very hard to watch and hard for them to experience suffering.

very hard to watch and hard for them to experience suffering.

very hard to watch and hard for them to experience suffering.