Peggy's Husband's Treatment

He had a "PCA"

Duragesic patches

Using an epidural catheter

How an epidural is put in

Specific drugs tried

I made him promise

No alternative methods

Using a pump

No alternative methods

We really didn't explore any other methods of pain relief other than medical methods. Jack lived for 10 weeks. So his time was short from the time of diagnose to the time of his death. The chest surgery he had done was very painful to begin with and the pain relief started from the time of chest surgery and so Jack had no other kind of pain relief other than the medical pain relief.


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