Hi guys good to be back!! hi to all and hope youre all still coping!!
Mum has FIRST appt with a "shrink" this month im now on my knees for more help here how can i make sure he talks to me and not have my mum telling him not to speak to me if i dont get to see him i think ill just crack here.
how has anyone else coped with this.
Mum had a geriatric assessment last month and the "cow" geriatrcian refuses to speak to me as "doctor/patient confidential crap again?
If a parent brings a sick kid to a doc would the doc discuss this with the kid and ask the parent to leave the room NO! why is this situation so different??
Also how do i make sure mum dosnt REFUSE to go?
She dosnt like me going into docs with her and can be quite stubborn even getting her to go has become a nightmare.
You get so fed up with this BS she hasnt seen her GP since last October as she just refuses to go and has been offered 2wks respite so far and willl not go.
I attended all my husband's medical appointments. I attended my mother's. But they both were OK with that. I hope your mother will be OK with you going along to help her remember what the doctor says.
Is this "shrink" a Psychiatrist? Psychologist? Other kind of therapist?
So there must be a link between sugar bad carbs and brain health if i wasnt so stressed and had a few bob id stay the h*ll away from sugar and i will soon. But google this info its very interesting my mum is sharp as hell when i cut her carbs down maybe even try it for a week and see how clear your thinking becomes.
Heres one.... my brother was feeling very low last week (depression and anxiety) he decided to look online for "HELP and SUPPORT". After half an hour he was cured and realised just how lucky he was as these people were so messed up it mad his problems seem tiny. He said one guy came on and kept telling people he was ugly and after lots of "hugs" youre not ugly youre beautiful type BS he continued he is convinced hes ugly "oh youre just being nice" tell the guy the truth god d*mmit youve got a distorted image of yourself get professional help!! Ok so i didnt see this guy maybe he was ugly in that case then be honest say well actually you are ugly but youre a hell of a guy!!
Anywhoo my brother is feeling much better now and relieved he has emotional intelligence.
Ok im losing it time for some sleep lots of loving care to give tomorrow and who knows maybe some ME TIME! oh i know im so god*mn selfish!!
my mom was having none of it . said theyre just going to tell her shes CRAZY . in one of my weaker moments i told her you ARE f - in crazy ..
she got me back tho . told social counsellor once that she knew she was crazy but i was crazier .
crazy or not , id rather screw with a shrink than eat fried chicken.. i see one regularily ..
And yes youre so right "shrink" means they are trying to lock me up and take me away from my house! yep my mum has dementia but shes a very intelligent woman. I will not mention the word "shrink" i will tell her hes the one that will get you your new "SCOOTER"!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL yes we too have to be devious and manipulative too!
ive noticed that ednas printout of diagnoses have never listed dementia and her daughter was unaware of it . i could see this specific being witheld from families as long as possible because its a very personal and intimate health matter and the last thing the patient needs is some dull eyed family member telling them they are crazy ..
in my moms case i think family was only told of dementia in the last year of her life because the crazy was going to get real and the facts couldnt be downplayed any longer . sure enough , no sooner than mom got home and was coming to conscienceness , a niece had to blurt out ' dementia ' to her . mom said " oh bull , somebody drag this tugboat out into the front yard " . lol .. well played mom .. ( mom was near genius in iq )
Yeh im taking no crap this time im the one caring for her and i have "rights".
i believe if you do good things , good things will probably come back around . if you sow crap , youre going to surround yourself in crap eventually .
my mom and aunt were my influences growing up . the men were dullards at best ..
Captain youre either a great guy OR mad to now care for your aunt but good on you! youre a brave man with a huge heart you deserve alot of happiness to come youre way and i pray for you.
im not religious but i believe in a higher power some good has to come us soon! I know something is helping me cope and its not me being an angel something bigger than me is keeping me from cracking OR im not human maybe im an alien as i havnt cracked yet!
Hugs to you and hope you now remember me! LOL
na . i dont believe that . phsyc is gonna need your input kaz , cuz patient will lie like a dog ..