I have a friend who has stage IV cancer and is recieving palliative care in a long term nursing facility. Over the last year I have observed her condition deteriorate drastically. She was inpatient in an acute care hospital for the last few months and was not able to get out for any reason. Now that she is in the nursing home, she has asked me to bring her cigarettes and take her out to smoke. She looks so frail and emaciated and very very sick. The addiction still haunts her. She knows she is going to die soon. She wants to smoke. The same kind of cigarettes I smoke and I would have to keep them with me because she is not allowed to have them with her in her room. I realize that these may be some of her final wishes, however, I also know that it could and probably would wreck my quit. There are not many other people in her life who can do this for her. So tell me please what you would do. I am not going to do this for her however it is causing me a great deal of angst to have to tell her no. Thanks for listening.
