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What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

168: Julie is a hospice nurse

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

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: justjulie63@gmail.com. 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. Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app   Sponsor deals: Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/WHAT and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to rakuten.com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today! To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is a little different from the norm.

0:09.0

This episode is a little different from the norm.

0:13.0

Usually we talk to someone who's experienced something really unusual,

0:18.0

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

0:26.3

about.

0:27.9

So that's what we're doing here today.

0:29.4

My guest is Julie, and she works as a hospice nurse. She's been doing this for many years so she

0:36.2

has lots of information and lots of stories. Every one of us is unique as an

0:42.2

individual but we all have something in common.

0:45.2

We are all going to die eventually.

0:48.2

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.

0:57.3

Of course it's usually just a rough guess and not always accurate.

1:01.1

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.

1:12.0

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

1:21.8

And there was something I also found very interesting that Julie told me about herself.

1:28.0

She has a very specific fear.

1:30.9

And it's not one that I would have guessed based on the type of work she does.

1:35.0

Julie has a fear of dead people.

1:40.0

Real people in unreal situations.

1:45.0

There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire.

1:52.0

And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.

1:55.4

I turned around.

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