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Jack's Ramblings
Lynne:
--- Quote from: jstephens9 on August 09, 2010, 01:32:27 pm ---Today is the day we go to the appointment or as my father calls it "the meeting" to see what is wrong with my mother. I am hoping for good news; however, I am pretty sure that the news will be that she has dementia and probably of the Alzheimer's variety. After this past week with the passing of Rich and his service I do not feel quite ready to find this out. However, I will just have to deal with it whatever the outcome is. I feel that I am still in the same nightmare that I have been in since the news first came about Rich. In fact, I was all down and out about my mother when I found out about Rich. Today, I keep feeling I am going to another service instead of a doctor's appointment. I'm not sure why that is, but this is just news that I do not want to hear a doctor say.
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I'll be thinking of you too, Jack...I hope the news is better than the worse you expect. :-\
It was good to talk about some of this over the weekend. Dealing with aging parents is very difficult and stressful.
CellarDweller:
Sending you hugs, Jack!
jstephens9:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on August 09, 2010, 02:02:05 pm ---
My mother has dementia. If you need to talk, I'm here. PM or email me anytime.
But of course, I'm hoping for a better outcome of the appointment. Thinking of you, friend :-*.
Keep us updated, when you can.
(((Jack)))
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Thank you Chrissi..........I definitely will probably need to talk to you even though I still don't know what is going on for sure. I will post, in a minute, what the doctor's visit was like.
jstephens9:
--- Quote from: Lynne on August 09, 2010, 03:38:25 pm ---I'll be thinking of you too, Jack...I hope the news is better than the worse you expect. :-\
It was good to talk about some of this over the weekend. Dealing with aging parents is very difficult and stressful.
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It sure is Lynne!!! The thing is it doesn't get any better, it just gets worse. But it is a part of life regardless of how difficult and stressful it is. Sometimes I kind of wish I had not spent my life up until now being so close to my parents, but then on the other hand I am glad I have. That probably doesn't make any sense. However, if I would have moved away from Asheville way back when I had planned to then it seems that the bonds would not be as strong. It has always been in the back of my mind that staying in Asheville was not a good idea in several ways.
jstephens9:
The Doctor's Visit
This is pretty much the exact contents of an email I sent to a very good friend after the appointment. It says it all.........
The doctor's appointment was a joke and a waste of time.......he didn't even pay any attention to my mother.....I don't know why we even went. I don't like this doctor even if he is supposed to be a "good" neurologist. She complained of the pains she has in her head and he just said that everybody that comes in there complains about that. He is actually a real egotistical joke. So the one thing I do know is that the MRI shows no tumors or anything else unusual. I guess that they are going to try and control the agitation and irritability or whatever.......the doctor gave no diagnosis so I guess he as well as my sister presume that she has dementia or Alzheimer's or something like that. I don't know if this was already decided at the appointment I was not able to go to. Remember I told you I was worried about my father and sister being in charge of that......I think that is what happened. So I don't know.....my mother and father got in a big argument yesterday before we went and then I called a little while ago and it sounded like they were having another one. My father says my mother is just nervous and my sister is trying to be the doctor. I was about ready to tell her yesterday that she should just get up there on the doctor's stool since she was trying to act like the doctor. What it is.....is a big mess. I'm sorry to bother you with all of this. I really don't feel I have much anyone else I can talk to about it.......sorry.....I swear sometimes I feel like getting on a jet plane and just taking off.........away from this job and away from all of this....
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