Hospice care is initiated via when the
best, educated guess of the MD is that the patient has 6 months or less
to live and aggressive medical measures are suspended
People can and do get discharged from hospice care and
go on living. It isn't the usual, but it happens.
FWIW something like 90% of MDs would not avail themselves
of the end of life, aggressive interventions they are trained
to offer to patients.
Hospice care is initiated via when the
best, educated guess of the MD is that the patient has 6 months or less
to live and aggressive medical measures are suspended
People can and do get discharged from hospice care and
go on living. It isn't the usual, but it happens.
FWIW something like 90% of MDs would not avail themselves
of the end of life, aggressive interventions they are trained
to offer to patients.
Too much conjecture and speculation here.
Gregg underwent an organ transplant about 10 years ago. I am positive that he's received the finest treatment since then, but an organ transplant generally means the recipient is living on borrowed time. If anything, this should remind us all that life is temporary. Nobody gets out of here alive.
As the last living member of my immediate family, the word "hospice" makes my heart skip a beat.
At the same time, the providers of hospice care are nothing short of angels here on this earth.
As someone else suggested, when a person is placed on hospice care, it usually just means that the doctors don't have a cure for whatever aiis the patient. It is not a "two minute warning" nor does it suggest that there is any set or specific period of time left in the patient's life. My mom had hospice care for a year before she passed.
Beyond all of this - we don't know for a fact that Gregg has been placed on hospice or not.
As I said earlier - this is a private and personal matter for Gregg and the Allman family. We should all respect his privacy while wishing him peace and comfort.
Let's not forget something: Gregg is a huge musical icon, especially with baby-boomers like myself, and that's who controls the major media outlets.
If the hospice rumors were true, don't you think it would be all over CNN, Yahoo, Fox News, etc., etc.? Don't go with a rumor emanating from relix.com or 97x.com.
Let's not forget something: Gregg is a huge musical icon, especially with baby-boomers like myself, and that's who controls the major media outlets.
If the hospice rumors were true, don't you think it would be all over CNN, Yahoo, Fox News, etc., etc.? Don't go with a rumor emanating from relix.com or 97x.com.
Rumors get started when either someone close to Gregg or a nurse tells one person and everything starts slowly leaking out. Look at the carefully worded releases. It was a denial without actually denying anything.
I honestly don't think it would be all over those places until the day he passes, and then it would be just a couple of brief articles or mentions. The media has become lazy and likes the story handed to them so they can report it first and then check the facts later. Likely the only reason it was addressed by Gregg's people was because it was starting to get legs beyond the rumor sites. Let's face it Gregg isn't a Bowie/Prince level superstar so on the sad day (hopefully well into the future) that he does pass it will not get the coverage that it deserves. He hasn't been a mainstream celebrity since the 70's. Sadly it's likely if one of those news networks does a short piece on him, it will be about drugs, Cher and music (in that order) and Ramblin Man will play in the background.
As everyone is saying, it is a private issue but they did choose to address it and make it public and in the way they addressed it it only added more opportunity for speculation. More mismanagement from Gregg's reps, which as Rob Johnson alluded to earlier in one of these threads isn't anything new.
Here is hoping that it is only a horrible rumor, no matter what is going on I wish healing and good vibes upon him.
[Edited on 4/25/2017 by WarEagleRK]
If the hospice rumors were true, don't you think it would be all over CNN, Yahoo, Fox News, etc., etc.? Don't go with a rumor emanating from relix.com or 97x.com.
I am sure all of those places and many more have reached out to Gregg's management for details, and they would report on this if it were confirmed to their satisfaction. The fact that they aren't reporting it shows it hasn't been confirmed, not that it isn't true. I wish everybody with an audience held themselves to that kind of standard, but they never have and the web makes it easy to blast rumors to a bunch of people.
If the hospice rumors were true, don't you think it would be all over CNN, Yahoo, Fox News, etc., etc.? Don't go with a rumor emanating from relix.com or 97x.com.
I am sure all of those places and many more have reached out to Gregg's management for details, and they would report on this if it were confirmed to their satisfaction. The fact that they aren't reporting it shows it hasn't been confirmed, not that it isn't true. I wish everybody with an audience held themselves to that kind of standard, but they never have and the web makes it easy to blast rumors to a bunch of people.
In an effort to add a little levity and to be fair, if ABB fans waited for official confirmations we would not have known 2014 was to be their last year until they announced the October Beacon run.
An announcement of dire situation would bring a circus and cars on the street and flower bouquet mountain at the driveway and more...... so nothing can be read into anything........ and it gets very imaginative at best to even try, and a wrongness for me of guessing potential doom. I do know the human mind can be a huge power in living, as strong as any med, so extending and willing one's time on earth is very possible.
I have issue with whoever "announced" all this in the first place. There is no reason to say that if it is not your place to say it, that is a man's life you are Facebook experting about. The only reason I can see to be the news-bearer, hot-scooper involves ego driven stuff. What is this experts say now? "Whoops" or holding tight, not that his inside track stuff matters.
Ha, true. Confirming stuff takes time!
Good point Bird72.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with Gregg's statement yesterday. It certainly isn't an example of mismanagement. The rumor really took off on Monday and they and addressed it later the same day.
I think it's clear that one doesn't take a year off for health reasons and generally come back strong (unless its for a major surgery like the transplant.) My prayers go out to Gregg and his family during this difficult time. In a sense we are all under hospice care; some of us hopefully have a longer time frame than Gregg.
An announcement of dire situation would bring a circus and cars on the street and flower bouquet mountain at the driveway and more...... so nothing can be read into anything........ and it gets very imaginative at best to even try, and a wrongness for me of guessing potential doom. I do know the human mind can be a huge power in living, as strong as any med, so extending and willing one's time on earth is very possible.
I have issue with whoever "announced" all this in the first place. There is no reason to say that if it is not your place to say it, that is a man's life you are Facebook experting about. The only reason I can see to be the news-bearer, hot-scooper involves ego driven stuff. What is this experts say now? "Whoops" or holding tight, not that his inside track stuff matters.
This is probably the best post i have read on this thread.
There is nothing more personal than your health. We do not have the "right" to be advised of Gregg's status, and he has no obligation to keep us informed. Relix or anyone posting rumors of his hospice care may do so for commercial reasons, but it shows a total lack or respect for Gregg as a person.
The best we can (and should do) is offer our prayers and support, without regard to whether the situation is dire or not.
An announcement of dire situation would bring a circus and cars on the street and flower bouquet mountain at the driveway and more...... so nothing can be read into anything........ and it gets very imaginative at best to even try, and a wrongness for me of guessing potential doom. I do know the human mind can be a huge power in living, as strong as any med, so extending and willing one's time on earth is very possible.
I have issue with whoever "announced" all this in the first place. There is no reason to say that if it is not your place to say it, that is a man's life you are Facebook experting about. The only reason I can see to be the news-bearer, hot-scooper involves ego driven stuff. What is this experts say now? "Whoops" or holding tight, not that his inside track stuff matters.
This is probably the best post i have read on this thread.
There is nothing more personal than your health. We do not have the "right" to be advised of Gregg's status, and he has no obligation to keep us informed. Relix or anyone posting rumors of his hospice care may do so for commercial reasons, but it shows a total lack or respect for Gregg as a person.
The best we can (and should do) is offer our prayers and support, without regard to whether the situation is dire or not.
Very well stated Alan. Prayers and positive thoughts to Gregg regardless.
An announcement of dire situation would bring a circus and cars on the street and flower bouquet mountain at the driveway and more...... so nothing can be read into anything........ and it gets very imaginative at best to even try, and a wrongness for me of guessing potential doom. I do know the human mind can be a huge power in living, as strong as any med, so extending and willing one's time on earth is very possible.
I have issue with whoever "announced" all this in the first place. There is no reason to say that if it is not your place to say it, that is a man's life you are Facebook experting about. The only reason I can see to be the news-bearer, hot-scooper involves ego driven stuff. What is this experts say now? "Whoops" or holding tight, not that his inside track stuff matters.
This is probably the best post i have read on this thread.
There is nothing more personal than your health. We do not have the "right" to be advised of Gregg's status, and he has no obligation to keep us informed. Relix or anyone posting rumors of his hospice care may do so for commercial reasons, but it shows a total lack or respect for Gregg as a person.
The best we can (and should do) is offer our prayers and support, without regard to whether the situation is dire or not.
Very well stated Alan. Prayers and positive thoughts to Gregg regardless.
agreed,Tony,Alan & Pete.
