Being diagnosed with cancer is very scary. Having it return is a fear on a totally different level. On the other hand, many people cope with a recurrence differently than the first time around. There is some familiarity with the health care system, and you have a relationship with an oncologist and their team when you have cancer recur. Some of the changes documented in people who have had a cancer diagnosis are a greater appreciation of life, greater confidence in themselves, more caring and co...
Oct 21, 2020•32 min
Many people think of hospice as a place people go to die. Some think that if you get hospice services a hospice nurse moves in with the dying person and does all their care until they die. Neither of these is true. There are hospice houses (not all communities have one) where people can go for the last few days of their lives under specific circumstances. But electing the hospice benefit in the United States requires that there be a caregiver willing to provide the twenty-four care. This week we...
Oct 14, 2020•34 min
By now we have all heard the necessary information for living during a pandemic: wear a mask; social distance; wash your hand; stay away from crowds. It is old news and we are wary of the whole thing. This week, you can listen to Nicole, a 38-year-old mother of 2 talks about her experience with having Covid-19. She was not hospitalized but managed her symptoms from her home. Hers is a great example of all that can happen when tested positive for Covid-19 and the long illness that follows. For mo...
Oct 07, 2020•31 min
Dr. Marianne Matzo previously had the pleasure of interviewing Stevan Lemke who talked with us about being diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In this second interview, he takes us through the process of being evaluated for a lung transplant, the wait, the surgery, and the postoperative experience. Before being approved for placement on the transplant list Steven underwent 9 days of testing. When the lungs were finally approved for his surgery, that surgery took 14 hours. Afterward, he...
Sep 30, 2020•33 min
Our guest this week, Lucy Morganstern, is a Pet Doula. End-of Life Doulas specializing in animal companion care complement the work provided by palliative and hospice care for pets provided by veterinarians. Doulas support animals and their owners with compassionate care in several ways, including emotional and informational support. Listen to our interview with Lucy to learn about what a pet doula does and how she works with the pet’s human to plan the memorial service. She also typically plays...
Sep 23, 2020•36 min
This week, I had the pleasure to interview Deborah Wright, APRN, CNS who works in the Phase I Program and Clinical Trials Office at the Stephenson Cancer Center in Oklahoma City. We talked about clinical trials, what they are and how they may benefit people who participate in them. The road to having a drug to treat cancer or the development of a vaccine is complicated and long. Drug companies and clinicians want to be sure that anything given to a patient does not hurt them. The only way to do ...
Sep 16, 2020•38 min
Imagine if you will, finding yourself increasingly short of breath. Sure, maybe you smoked in the past, maybe you never did. Maybe you could lose a few pounds, maybe not. But for whatever reason, you can’t seem to get a good breath. You cough, sometimes you can’t stop. Your doctor gives you steroids, cough syrup, nothing works. One day, you decide to see a specialist and are diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Whatever that is, it doesn’t sound good to you. Listen to this interview wit...
Sep 09, 2020•48 min
When we are young, we feel as though we cannot survive without a best friend. We can tell them our secrets and we hear theirs and feel like the sun rises and sets on them. Few of us, though, have the experience of going throughout our entire lives with that friend. This week we are talking to Chris who met her best friend Cathy in third grade. They lived in the same town, married and had children at the same time, and raised those kids together. When Cathy was 65, she was diagnosed with Alzheime...
Sep 02, 2020•30 min
You find yourself diagnosed with a disease like colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, or Crohn’s disease (to name a few) and find out that part of the treatment is a colostomy. A colostomy is a surgical operation where a piece of the colon is brought out an opening in the abdominal wall to bypass a damaged part of the colon. How do you now exercise, make love, go swimming? Some people refuse to leave their houses after this surgery. Meet Chris who did an iron man race after his colostomy. For more ...
Aug 26, 2020•42 min
Imagine if you will, your father has Alzheimer’s Disease (for the last 4 years) and has been doing relatively well until being diagnosed with Covid-19. He then stops eating and drinking, is admitted to the hospital for dehydration, and returns to the Hospice care facility. He is still refusing to eat or drink and is now on his ninth day. You honestly don’t know how he is still alive after not eating or drinking for so long. This is starting to feel cruel. As a family member, what are you suppose...
Aug 19, 2020•26 min
Dr, Marianne Matzo's Interview today on Everyone Dies “Join us for Lisa’s story about being diagnosed with a glioblastoma (brain tumor) and what follows for her life. What are the choices for this aggressive disease and how do you move forward after hearing this news? Lisa shares about how her life changed and how this disease changed her life. Learn more about the symptoms and treatments are for glioblastoma.” For more information and contact:https://bit.ly/3gScfed I hope all is well with you a...
Aug 12, 2020•36 min
"What happens if we are so sick that we are unable to make our own health care decisions? How do we ensure that the decisions that are made are the ones that we would make ourselves? Completing an Advance Directive is an important way to be prepared for this situation and naming a surrogate decision-maker is part of this process. " "This week on Everyone Dies we chatted Noble Livingston who shared with us his story about making an end of life decisions for his mother when she was too sick to mak...
Aug 06, 2020•28 min
Deciding to have hospice support is often a very difficult decision for people. Many feel as though they are ‘giving up’ or that they should continue to take treatments. How do you make this decision? This week on Everyone Dies we chatted Chris Sperry who talks with us about his decision to elect hospice support after 10 years of treatment for Stage IV colon cancer that metastasis to his liver and lungs. Deciding to stop curative treatment is never an easy decision. Chris talks very eloquently a...
Jul 31, 2020•37 min
Tonight Show with Dr. Marianne Matzo This is a live show talking with callers on any issues they maybe having with Palliative Care I hppe all is well with you and your family. Jeanne White, Station Manager, Passionate World Talk Radio Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/everyone-dies--4495229/support .
Jul 15, 2020•32 min
Come and speak with Dr. Marianne Matzo host of Everyone Dies on Spreaker 6 PM (EST) - Wednesday, July 15, 2020 A message from Jeanne White, Station Manager at Passionate World Talk Radio- Click here to listen... You can speak with Dr. Marianne Matzo on live streaming and talk about questions you may have on a loved one that is dying. You may have other questions concerning death and how to handle it. Whatever the questions you may have, call in and speak with Dr. Marianne Matzo. Dr. Marianne Mat...
Jul 14, 2020•1 min
Dr. Marianne Matzo, Nurse Practitioner of 44 years. Her program "Everyone Dies" is a show about death and its effect on the family, friends, peers, and how individuals handle grief. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/everyone-dies--4495229/support .
Jul 08, 2020•28 min
