Welllllll.....

He may not want visitors, but there will be people who will want to see him, and they will be hurt by this. I doubt he will want his loved ones to be sad that they didn't get to visit with him. Perhaps he has his reasons but personally I think he should think long and hard about that one. If people want to love you, I think you ought to let them.

My friend Sheila died from cancer just before Christmas last year. She had been ill for nearly a year, and had the same grim prognosis. She lived longer than everyone, including the doctors, thought she would. She was only 43. I went to see her in the hospital, and I wrote her a letter. I was glad I had the opportunity to do both.

Knowing myself the way I do, I'd insist that people come visit me! And bring me flowers, and plump up my pillows, and read to me, and paint my toenails, and all that.