As patients prepare to slip away, they often talk about the people in their life and their past experiences
Some common words that patients say just before they die have been revealed by end-of-life carers from all over the world. Often, when people are about to slip away, they have their family on their mind.
But Nurse McFadden says often people's main dying regret is dieting and wasting time worrying about their looks - and they often bring up family members or past lovers too. "A lot of people will say their parents' names - or they'll say 'mum' or 'dad', or the name of an ex-husband who is dead already," she told MailOnline. "If they do say something close to death, it's usually brief and short and quiet. It's hard to actually talk.
Top Trending Stories Today Last year, a retired end-of-life doctor revealed what really happens when you die. Dr Kathryn Mannix, from Northumberland, specialises in palliative and end of life care and describes the transition to death as a "process" similar to birth.
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