An article on patients seeing deceased loved ones before they themselves die.

[daffodil48]

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[Helen119]

What a wonderful read, so interesting, I do hope my husband experiences something like this, so reassuring.

Thank you for posting

Love and hugs xx

[daffodil48 in reply to Helen119]

I was hoping this article might bring some comfort

[Kevin_1]

Hi Dafodil

Thanks for posting that.

Interesting.

[Kevin_1]

Hi Daffodil

Y'know that is a seriously good post - Thanks!

I am one of those who is a little close to the reality/'other' margin.

I did a little homework. This guy has done proper research into the phenomena he's reporting. I think he said he has some 1,600 accounts.

Here he is doing a TED lecture, where he presents his evidence as well as explaining the subjective, experience, side of things. He is not prone to go off into the world of whichful thinking, indeed he is firmly on the science side of things.

What was very good were the video clips of patients describing their experience. They are obviously clear headed and he methodically addresses the issue of hallucinations as well.

Finally some other very interesting talks on associated areas pop up on the 'watch next list' once his lecture has been selected.

You post is a beautiful gift.

I shall play it to Liz who is a firm humanist who is slowly moving across to humanism with some sort of spiritual acceptance. (These are the two common types of humanist.

Thank you.

❤️

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I spent the last 8 hours with a much loved friend as he died. At one point he asked who all the people were inback of the curtain used to circle his bed in his hospital room. I couldn’t see anyone. I really don’t know if he did or not.

[Kevin_1]

Hi Daffodil

Liz sends you a hug.

[daffodil48 in reply to Kevin_1]

Awww bless her. Hugs hugs hugs back to her. xxxxxxx

[Dadshelper]

Wow... I got back from visiting dad and see this post! Guess a little backtracking is needed. Dad was his usual hard to understand but he was wincing a lot. Finally got he was having pain in his leg, called nurse and she gave him some pain medication. About 20 minutes later his speech became much clearer so we had a chat. He told me he's been talking to his brother about horses. His brother passed away about 5 yrs ago and as kids they had horses when they lived on a farm.

Ron

[daffodil48 in reply to Dadshelper]

Wow Ron!!! Makes you wonder eh?

[Ettavb]

I love this... this is exactly what I’d meant when I said I wished my mother had some level of faith - so she could see the comfort in her journey, not just the dread.

[Gadgetgeek]

G had this a few days before she died, saw her later brothers and her mum, I felt it strangely reassuring.

[HilsandR]

Hi Daffodil,. Whilst I don't have any views one way or the other on the article, I do, nonetheless, find it fascinating. When my dad was in hospital with aspiration pneumonia following a couple of small strokes that left him with swallowing problems, whilst visiting him for a couple of hours after work one evening he kept asking me who was the young girl who had been playing at the end of his bed. I asked him whether he could describe her and he spoke of a dark haired girl with rosy cheeks. Now I like to think of myself as level headed but for some reason I allowed myself to think of his granddaughter, my niece, who died aged 18 months. At this point, whilst dad had been very unwell he was recovering from the pneumonia and on this particular evening he was very lucid and his passing was furthest from my thoughts. In fact I was in the middle of researching nursing homes for him. I left him smiling at 8pm and at 9.20 received the call to say he had died. What caused the phenomenon I will never know but maybe it should remain a mystery and not researched to either prove or disprove. I doubt the scientists will ever unlock the secrets of the human brain, but what I do know is that my dad was calm during his last few hours and that is a great comfort to me. HilsandR

[Caz49]

My beloved TJ passed away 17weeks ago on Thursday 17th May, 2018. On the previous Saturday he asked me to have him " put down". This upset me greatly but I couldn't let him see me cry. Later that night he said "Goodbye" to me and I was confused because I always spent all day with him in hospital. I replied "I'm not going anywhere, where are you going".

His reply was "Heaven" which surprised me as he wasn't religious. That night he took a bad turn and went downhill very fast after that. On the Thursday morning early, after days of being turned every two hours and now, even though he had a morphine pump, was in pain and moaned after every move, I said to him that if he wanted to go to heaven it was fine by me if he'd had enough of the pain and suffering. 5 minutes later he passed. It was if he wanted to know that he had my permission to go.

I had many feelings and one was relief that he was now without pain.

I'm still finding his absence hard to deal with. I still expect him to walk through the front door even though he hasn't been able to walk for 3 years.

I can talk about him sometimes without breaking down and then again cry when a song comes on the radio that reminds him of me.

People say "I can only imagine what you are going through" but they have no idea unless they have been through something similar.

My heart goes out to all who are suffering from PSP and loved ones and carers looking after them. My prayers are with you all.

Caz49