CONFRONTATION OF DEATH: Acceptance is the weapon

Preparations:
1. Life Review/Making journal of activities
2. Saying goodbyes
3. Keeping oneself active
Be assertive in communicating with health care providers and family/friends
Ask for more pain medication (or other medicines that keep you comfortable)
Watch television (even if it's "trashy" tv)
Ask for a particular food or drink (even if it's unhealthy or unusual)
Take a nap
Laugh or be silly
Cry
Be afraid
Scream/Shout
Do nothing for a while
Do what feels right to you, even if it doesn't make sense to others