Kevin Haselhorst

Aug 21, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Kevin Haselhorst |Jonathan Staloff |Arthur Lazarus

The fatal blow to President Biden’s reelection bid came during the debate when he appeared to have a stroke. The insult of being “too old” haunted and hounded him ever since. How quickly did Biden need to end his campaign to save face? Dignity grants the certainty of whether three seconds, three minutes, three hours, three days, three weeks, or three months is reasonable to pull the plug on sustainability and longevity. The undying strength to stand up and “fight, fight, fight” is determination.

Apr 12, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Kevin Haselhorst |Patricia McTiernan |Molly Walker |Patricia Celan

Are advance directives any better than they were four years ago when COVID was surging? Are patients still comfortable with being placed on ventilators? Do physicians better understand how to treat COVID as a serious illness? Physicians provide emergency measures unless there’s an advance directive to the contrary. Only one-third of Americans have advance directives when “down for the count” with serious illness.

Apr 16, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Kevin Haselhorst |Taylor Christensen |Jay Wong |Elisabeth Rosenthal

When COVID killed thousands of seniors three years ago, few of them showed up in emergency rooms with advance directives. Even fewer thought about the end of life or how to die. Sadly, many lives were discarded in makeshift morgues/cooling trucks behind hospitals. It’s never too early to plan for the next pandemic, retirement, and the end of life.

Apr 9, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Damane Zehra |Michael Joyce |Eugene Chan |Kevin Haselhorst

“My best friend’s mother arrived at our oncology outpatient department. She had recently been diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer and was understandably apprehensive, filled with numerous questions. I took her medical history and performed an examination. She didn’t have any relatives with cancer, so all the treatments and terminology were completely unfamiliar to her. Her medical workup was completed, and she began neoadjuvant chemotherapy, with surgery planned for a later date.

Mar 29, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Kevin Haselhorst |Paige Budde |Jay Wong |Katie Fortenberry

With no true endgame or advance directive, Tom Brady’s legacy as an NFL superstar and family man remains nebulous. Is his recent retirement from football officially the end? Will he entertain offers to stay alive and play one more year? With being at the 45-year-old “yard line” and facing the goalpost at the end of the football field, what’s his endgame for the next year? When do the false promises end and the final wishes begin? Like Tom Brady, most seniors do not have a ready endgame.