Posts by Susan Ducharme Hoben

At my first bereavement group, grieving spouses recounted heart-wrenching tales full of tears, anger, regret, and loneliness. Their spouses died in hospitals, with medical personnel trying to work miracles right up to the bitter end. They had not even been in the room with their loved ones at the moment of death. They did not feel good about their spouses’ medical care or their hospital experiences....
3/12/2020 7:00:00 AM
The day my husband Bruce was diagnosed with an aggressive stage 4 esophageal cancer is seared into my memory. How could this be happening? Bruce was one of the healthiest people I’d ever known. I was shaken to learn that many patients die within a year of noticing the first symptoms. I thought we were going to have at least 20 more years together, but it wasn’t to be. After a roller coaster ride through...
7/7/2019 7:00:00 AM