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My Aunt Thelma Lived and Died On Her own Terms
"My Aunt Thelma was 85 years old when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. The doctors told her without immediate surgery, she would have from a few months - or maybe just a few weeks to live. I am told that my aunt said to the doctors, 'I ain't not having no surgery'.
We all tried to convince her to have the operation, but she refused. To make a long story short, Aunt Thelma lived a wonderful and active life on her own and reached the age of 94.
She had kept up the payments on her insurance and planned her funeral. She had given the funeral home her insurance papers to make sure her services were covered.
She had been in the hospice Goldsboro, North Carolina only a few days when the funeral home called my brother to say that the life insurance policy had just expired. How ironic. My Aunt Thelma and her insurance policy expired on the very same day."
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By Wambui Bahati"My Aunt Thelma was 85 years old when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. The doctors told her without immediate surgery, she would have from a few months - or maybe just a few weeks to live. I am told that my aunt said to the doctors, 'I ain't not having no surgery'.
We all tried to convince her to have the operation, but she refused. To make a long story short, Aunt Thelma lived a wonderful and active life on her own and reached the age of 94.
She had kept up the payments on her insurance and planned her funeral. She had given the funeral home her insurance papers to make sure her services were covered.
She had been in the hospice Goldsboro, North Carolina only a few days when the funeral home called my brother to say that the life insurance policy had just expired. How ironic. My Aunt Thelma and her insurance policy expired on the very same day."