168: Julie is a hospice nurse

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This episode is a little different from the norm.

Usually we talk to someone who has experienced something really unusual. But every once in a while, I like to have a guest on who has an unusual job – a job that I find really interesting and have lots of questions about.

So that’s what we’re doing here today. My guest is Julie – she works as a hospice nurse. She’s been doing this for many years, so she has lots of information, and lots of stories.

Every one of us is unique as an individual, but we all have something in common – we are all going to die eventually. And in some cases, we might get a medical diagnosis that says we have a certain number of weeks or months left before that happens. Of course, it’s usually just a rough guess and not always accurate. But still, it’s a sobering thing to have a medical professional tell you that there are no more treatment options, and you’re probably approaching the end of your life.

That’s often when hospice care enters the picture. So Julie told me all about that and what she does as a hospice nurse.

And there was something I also found very interesting that Julie told me, about herself. She has a very specific fear – and it’s not one that I would have guessed, based on the type of work she does.

Julie has a fear of dead people.

If you’d like to contact Julie, her email is: [e-mail]. She’s also in the Facebook group, where you should be too!

Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here:

https://WhatWasThatLike.com/168

Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

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