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I dread the shift from being a proud, autonomous, and modest man to peeing my pants, having my butt exposed to strangers, and having someone feed me.
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That's the way we started out in this world, and unfortunately that's the way the greatest majority of us spend our final days it seems. Something amiss about starting out wearing diapers and going out wearing Depends it seems. I asked my 94 year old grandfather what his take was on living to a (very) ripe old age and he smiled and said 'stop at 80."
Tweezers, thanks for what you do. Hopice work is a special thing, done by special people. I know how well they took care of my dad his last few weeks, and eventhough it was hard to take watching him literally whither away, he was not in pain and went peacefully.
I have watched first hand some of my 'Band of Brothers' slip away from Agent Orange related cancer, multiple organ failures, etc. and they were fearless fighters back in their prime. We did some crazy stuff in our time, and lived to tell about it. But in the end they were also very apprehensive and probably scared of what comes next. No way to really prepare for that practically, so just have all your stuff in order and spend as much time as you can with those you love and respect. Then move on.
Serious topic for this forum, but so be it.