<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2932" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/all-you-need-is-love-236x300.jpg" alt="all-you-need-is-love" width="236" height="300" />I once heard an anti euthanasia doctor saying there was no reason why people who have terminal illness should ever be in pain. All I can say is he didn't have any experience of palliative care because the people in St Barnabas Hospice are in pain and discomfort despite the best efforts of the doctors are effectively treating by trial and error wit the hospice are superb and are doing everything they can to make Jane as comfortable as possible but medicine is focussed on keeping people alive not helping them to die.

Today Jane had her share of ups and downs with stomach problems all morning. This was countered by a delightful aroma therapy session after lunch and then I took her for a wheel round the block in the cool fresh air - she loves being outside but it is such an effort to get out of bed, wrapped up and into the wheelchair. Focussing on the positives isn't easy.