Yes, I believe the “finger thing” was how they detected the nodule, and that started the diagnostic process. By that time, however, he had some bone metastases.

Something to look forward to … assuming I don’t already have it) …

Let’s assume that doctors didn’t give Biden the test, were they still doing the … uh … finger thing? Would they have detected something that way?

His doc had called in the prescriptions for the end of life meds and I was sent to go get them. The only pharmacy on the island didn’t have all the morphine requested and more had to be sent from the mainland. There was one drug I had to get from the hospital. Someone must have told them about my truck because they knew who I was as soon as I drove up. I had never even heard of some of this stuff other than the morphine and the fentanyl.

His doc came to the house and met with my father for a while and then gave me instructions on the meds and how to keep the drug log. I and I alone dosed my father with every drug administered in the last ten days of his life.

I visited my mother (ALS) yesterday. She can barely speak and told me she doesn’t think she will able to eat much longer. She mentioned physician assisted suicide for the first time. All she wanted to talk about was Trump though. Her mind is still pretty good but I can see some slipping.

There are lots of ways to die and most of them are unpleasant.

I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather and not screaming in terror like his passengers.

I am so so sorry.

Apparently he was taking the advice of the CDC, et al.