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When family becomes overprotective as you're dying

I'm dying of lung cancer and my adult children keep trying to manage my pain and my schedule, but I just want to feel like myself for whatever time I have left.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The dying must often fight for autonomy against love's well-meaning impulse to shield and control.

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“Where Are You with Death and dying — the physical process?”

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