Hans, Perhaps if you tell us what is being given you for palliative care (that
turns you into a zomby), perhaps Mike would have some suggestions. He's in
palliative care and sometimes answers questions here.
J

Hans,
  Palliative care is a two way thing; the medics provide the answers
(hopefully) and you provide the parameters for them to work within.
  Symptom control is usually quite simple and relatively free of side
effects but occasionally people do have what they consider unacceptable side
effects.....being like a zombie for instance. Sometimes changing to a
different drug regimen settles this, sometimes just persevering for a few
days or a week until your body gets used to the drug is all that is needed
(I had a patient on 2000mg morphine daily still doing intricate beadwork!).
Sometimes, however, the symptoms are so resistant that you end up being very
sedated with all the drugs, then you have to make a decision about which is
worse, the sedation or the symptom and make some sort of compromise. The
decision should always be yours...all the palliative care team do is give
you the choices. Always remenber you should be able to get a second opinion
by a palliative care specialist; just occasionally they come up with
something new or different that the regular nurses and doctors haven't been
aware of.
MIKE