I know this is an age old question and may have already been asked here, but I searched the forum archives for "death" and didn't find any threads which ask this question, which doesn't mean a lot because I am rather inept at such searches. My apologies for any screw ups and my thanks for your subsequent direction to such or related threads.

Alas, a buddy of mine, at the age of 46, divorced, no kids, has been given a rather "short" prognosis for survival (6 months max), slim chance of beating the odds (prayer & miracle), and a rather grim outlook (at least several weeks of excruciating pain for which medication short of comatic state may not dull). He's arranged his affairs but now has problems which he doesn't know how to deal with. He doesn't know how to tell his loved ones. He doesn't know how to say goodbye. He doesn't know how to tell them he doesn't want visitors in the hospital, especially the ex or family. He doesn't know how he wants to spend the last three or four months.

He has done the second death insured mortgage, the no question life insurance, and the insured credit card thing.

What would you do ? And don't just think somber. He's a wild man... always was and will be to the end.

sadgnu