Lung Cancer

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Pain management was the key to my Mother’s quality of life. She lived a relatively good last 4 years and was not incapacitated until the last 7 days. She was started early in her treatment on Dilaudid. Gradually, as the disease progressed, the doctor increased her pain medication dosage. This was a Godsend as it did not matter if she was “addicted” at this point. She was able to get out and even travel until the last 6 months or so. She had small oat cell carcinoma of the...Read the full article