> the stress of not being well-informed My experience with people working through a serious medical condition at the end of their life is - people are wildly

> the stress of not being well-informed My experience with people working through a serious medical condition at the end of their life is - people are wildly trying to be informed, about themselves, the condition, the health care system, make good decisions, and... ...it is all just happening to you. You're in a wildly careening metal shopping cart, being banged up while bouncing down a long hill surrounded by speeding traffic, and no matter which way you lean, you're not quite steering. Seeing this, I wish there were ways people could prepare for this, short of having to lose people in their life, or personally enroll in medical school. I don't think anyone wants to plan for this stuff. I guess the ones who do have had a few close calls, or lived it vicariously, or really love the ones they'll outlive and are planning mostly for them.