A cancer patient's last wish

<p>"I smiled, put the lamb curry in front of her, and instructed her granddaughter on how much time to heat it up in the microwave.</p> <p>Val wasn’t in a condition where she could have a long conversation with me, but she knew exactly what was going on. I saw her eyes smile for a moment, tearing through the pain otherwise displayed all over her face. She didn’t say much, but just enough when she said, “God bless you.”</p> <p>I left her house wondering when somebody is given the death sentence, they are asked about their last wish. We seldom do that in medicine. Should we?"</p> <p><a href= "https://www.rochesterregional.org/physician-directory/i/imran-farhan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow external" data-wpel-link="external">Farhan S. Imran</a> is a hematology-oncology physician who blogs at <a href= "https://didiask.blog/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow noreferrer external" data-wpel-link= "external">Did I Ask?</a></p> <p>He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, "<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/2022/07/a-cancer-patients-last-wish.html">A cancer patient’s last wish</a>."</p> <p>SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST → <a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast">https://www.kevinmd.com/podcast</a></p> <p>RATE AND REVIEW → <a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/rate">https://www.kevinmd.com/rate</a></p> <p>FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM → <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kevinphomd">https://www.instagram.com/kevinphomd</a></p> <p>FOLLOW ON TIKTOK → <a href= "https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinphomd">https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinphomd</a></p> <p>GET CME FOR THIS EPISODE → <a href= "https://earnc.me/SeyaH3">https://earnc.me/SeyaH3</a></p> <p><em>Powered by CMEfy - a seamless way for busy clinician learners to discover Internet Point-of-Care Learning opportunities that reward AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)<span role="image" aria-label="™">™</span>. <a href="https://about.cmefy.com/cme-info" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-token-index="3" data-reactroot="">Learn more at about.cmefy.com/c