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...respond. Dr. Robert Baugher, a death and grief specialist in Seattle, says, "It's so important for support people to be good listeners. That means you shut your mouth. Do not start a sentence that begins with 'At least,' as in 'At least he wasn't in pain' or 'At least he led a full life.' Your job when dealing with someone who's bereaved is to let that person be in pain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bereavement: A Loss So Cruel | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...pain never goes away, but there comes a time when people don't feel paralyzed by it at every moment. Karl and Sue Snepp of Tucson, Ariz., make a point of being with their daughter Karen every year on the anniversary of the death of their son Dave, who died of thyroid cancer in 1988 at 32. "Last year we went to Hawaii," says Karl, 70. "That was where Dave wanted his ashes scattered, so it has become a special place for us." Much as the Aldermans did after Peter's death, the Snepps celebrated their son's life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bereavement: A Loss So Cruel | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

...watching a basketball game at home. I had this stinging pain in my arm and a cold sweat. I saw my doctor the next day. He said, "Angiogram immediately." He and the surgeon and the cardiologist all look at it and say, "It's a mess. You've got six months to live if you don't do anything, meaning surgery. Let's go." I said, "What are the odds?" He said, "Very good--about 8 or 9 to 1." I said, "O.K., I like the odds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Book of Life | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

Although famous for her blunt and sometimes stinging advice, Hax defends herself. “I can be harsh,” she admits, “But at the same time I have a range of styles. When someone is in obvious pain, I can be sympathetic and compassionate. I am just having fun laughing at myself and at the reader. And you have to realize that I am not trying to be cruel...

Author: By Alice O. Wong, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ask Her About It | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

...Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, and is spread from one person to another via infected saliva droplets. A person exposed to the virus might not show any symptoms for 12 days before developing a high fever, fatigue, headache and generalized back pain. Two or three days later, a characteristic rash develops over the face, arms and legs; the rash begins as flat lesions which fill with pus, then scab over and fall off in three or four weeks. Roughly 30 percent of smallpox patients eventually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Worry: Smallpox | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

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