Hi, Skeezyks. Not in the way you have, but in my line of work (estate planning/probate is one of 2 major areas) I deal with a lot of people who are in the last stages of life, terminally ill or just elderly and in failing health. I've had a lot of clients I've come to know on some level who have subsequently died. Also a few people who come to us for help when a loved one is critically or injured.

I think it makes you think about things more, both in good and bad ways. I know it has made me appreciate the fragility of life, and to try to feel that it's important to "smell the roses" so to speak.

Like you, I don't think I ever had a major effect on me, I never became so involved that I felt personally affected other than to show a healthy respect for the situation, family, and dignity of the client. I do think often when I hear that an elderly client is in a nursing home, hospice, or died, about my mother, who is elderly herself and not in the best of health, and I am sad that our time together will draw to an end sooner or later, as she has been one of the few people who, for her faults, never treated me like I wasn't good enough for them.