dealing with death

So today I got off of work and I get into my moms car.  She starts  driving and we're talking about what to cook for dinner.  We're driving to Walmart and my mom says to me your grandpa's in the hospital. And I figured oh well he was supposed to be informed the hospital because he has a surgery coming up anyways. So they just brought him in early. We no. She continues to say that they found a mass on his brain. Well that is scary Because they don't know what it is or if it's life threatening or not.
          That got me thinking. Well I had heard once that death isn't the worsed part of the passing of a loved one.  It's the moments leading up to the death that's hard. And dealing with the fact that they are going to or have already passed. And this is true. At least in my experience. I have watched so many people try and keep loved ones alive and making there lives better when they are just trying to  cope with the inevitable fact that the loved one died or is dying. My uncle Was sleeping next to his wife when she had fallen out of bed and fractured her skull.  What he did is he called 911 and when he called everyone to tell then she was dying he told them she was already dead. Because he was keeping her on a ventalater  until he could tell her goodbye.
Even in her last moments of life he still considered her dead because it was easier to cope that way.  My mom is now coping with the fact that my grandpa may die soon.  And all though this is hard to say.  So am I. My grandpa is scared. I have never seen him cry Until fathers day this year when he told my mom he was going in for surgery. He has been diagnosed with P. A. D. and that means his blood clots up all the time and he has to have lots is surgery. But when my mom got that call from my grandma that my Grandpa had a mass on his brain She was about in tears. Having cancer can be hard to deal with. And to be the loved one that has to cope is hard but being to one who has cancer is even harder.  Now you have to live through all these pain and every thing that goes with cancer. Now the loved one that's copping now they have to prepare for lifting with of them.

I'm gonna ask a question. Would you rather know that someone is dying months ahead of time and have to wait for the day they die or would you rather them die suddenly?
Most people would choose the first one because then took can tell them all got want to say before. I think I would choose... Well I would choose the second one. Because instead of knowing someone's going to die and handing to deal with the suffering. I want to just deal with the aftermath. Because then I can cope.  Then I can dwell for sure couple months and move on.  Rather than having weeks, months, maybe even years worth of waiting and just siting being helpless.  Yeah I would rather that.
Well I'm done for today night