Do Cancer patients get scared during their last hours of life?

Tarkarri and Tiny are correct as usual.

I've been with hundreds of my patients during their last hours.

I was asked to see and manage people with widespread / advanced cancers

which No ONE could have cured.

I was losing twenty people each month on average in my medical practice.

In the majority of cases the person was not awake or communicative.

That means they were not aware of death when it came.

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The minority who were awake DID demonstrate understandable fear.

This is the "Bible Belt" of western North Carolina.

Devout Christians were just as scared as anyone.

You would think they would welcome death if they truly believed.

Christian beliefs seem to melt away when death is near.

People are simply " Not Sure" and - and as you surmise - are frightened.

Jusa, the last hours dying from cancer, your dad would be unconscious. I'll tell you something very personal. My dad was in the hospice dying two years ago now. I ad been visiting him every day for weeks. On his last two days he was unconscious and the hospice nurses gave us a paper of what to expect with all the different breathing patterns and body movements etc. On his last night I showed up but he clearly was in the last stages of they dying prices and I just did not want to be there to watch that and have him doing all of the hard breathing and the weird sounds etc--so I had to leave, just for his dying last few hours. He did not care that I wasn't there to watch that.

Don't be too upset about missing out on your dad's last earthly hours. You are likely better off not having that burned into your memory. I suspect your mom did you a huge favor.

You will look back on this and as time goes by will feel better about things. For now just enjoy your dad's presence when he comes to visit and comfort you as he will do for a while to come.

Enjoy your good memories together.

Best Wishes

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It is my opininion that there is a sence of mixed emotions... Scared of dying?.. NO WAY!!.. Scared of leaving loved ones behind worrying if they will be happy and take good care of themselves,,, YES!.. I read a book one time it was called "IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE" check it out.. My step-dad and my father inlaw both passed from cancer within weeks and i witnessed both.. during the last days usaly there HEAVILY medicated so there in and out of sleep... both of these great men in my life were very aware of the situation but they know the exact time just like you and I do... NO ONE DOES.. There are signs to look for but Im sure your dad did not know when his time was. Both of these guys in my life were having confersations with the unseen... friends and family that had gone on before them... the aceptance of death makes it alot easier for the person going thru it. My step dad woke up and looked at me from his hospital bed in his own living room and said... "I LOVE ALL YOU BUT I THINK IM READY TO GO ON HOME.. MY SISTER AND MOTHER IS WAITING FOR ME".. VERY SCARY STUFF.. But what a sence of relief.... knowing that he was NOT afraid.. keep ypur mind and your heart right and know you will reunite... Hope this eased your feelings somewhat,,.....

I work with the elderly and not to long ago we had one who passed of cancer. He was not scared, he knew it was coming. He just wanted someone to hold his hand while he passed.

Don't worry your dads happy in heaven now, and he probably wasn't even scared he was probably ready to except his fate.

I have been with several cancer patients during their last hours. All passed quietly in their sleep.