Here's one way the doctors in hospices measure their patient's likely remaining lifespan .
First they compare the his condition today with his condition last month. Then they compare his condition today with his condition last week. Finally they extrapolate forward to the end of the following month, assuming same rate of change as in last week.
Well it made sense when Dr K explained it.
(For those who want to try doing predictions, last month W was able to travel between Dublin and Edinburgh, today he can't stay awake more than three hours, or walk more than 100 yards slowly. His inability to do stairs started in the past week).
Tempus fugit guys, tempus is certainly fugiting.
8 September 2009 at 22:00
The wv is 'pooed', which seems about all I can say in these circumstances. Time sucks. I know it's inadequate, but I'm sorry to read this post.
9 September 2009 at 21:11
Mme DeF, thanks. I have a worry that this blog might not be going anywhere happy in the immediate future :{
10 September 2009 at 12:48
Macy, your blog is going along with your life---
Very compassionate---
Love the way they work out the time when the truth is, it is a big guess----and who really needs to know
10 September 2009 at 19:38
Thanks Clyde. Agreed - they can only guess. Looking on the bright side, for all it's worth, I could still be due to go before W! In which case I'd rather NOT know.