On the other side of this, I had a relative slowly waste away from cancer. There were no lingering questions, possessions were given away, goodbyes were said, a

On the other side of this, I had a relative slowly waste away from cancer. There were no lingering questions, possessions were given away, goodbyes were said, and when the day came, everyone in the family had made peace with it, with the exception of her partner who had to endure the daily emotional burden of her suffering and care. I didn't cry at the funeral: it was as if she had died while still alive. For my relative though, the process was extremely expensive, painful, and undignified: in the end she basically starved to death in anguish, and frankly I think all of the family would have preferred her not to go out in this way.