Enlightenment

[Rosie2]

I feel compelled to share with you a statement made to me by a dementia doctor this week.
He said,
"Alzheimers is not just memory problems".

NO! REALLY.

Stay calm girl. Paste on the smile. Be polite. Grrrrrrr!

 

[Beate]

Damn. And there I thought that was all I had to deal with!

 

[pamann]

Welcome to talking point Rosie, oh how l wish Alzheimers was ONLY memory problems

 

[sistermillicent]

so glad that my national insurance, or some sort of thing that I pay, is going towards you getting this useful information, Rosie.

 

[Rosie2]

Probably why they are so dismissive of our opinions. We are just the lowly carers. What do we know about dementia.

 

[truth24]

Don't WE already know this???

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[jaymor]

At least he had more idea than most of the professionals we come up against.

 

[malc]

and christmas day is on the 25th again this year,i'm glad that i don't go doctors very often and sort myself out,that's nearly as bad as when i went doctors saying my sleep apnea is still as bad as it was pre op,to be told isn't 8 hours sleep enough for you,god help us.

 

[Chuggalug]

and christmas day is on the 25th again this year,i'm glad that i don't go doctors very often and sort myself out,that's nearly as bad as when i went doctors saying my sleep apnea is still as bad as it was pre op,to be told isn't 8 hours sleep enough for you,god help us.

Wowzie! Somebody was getting their definitions crossed, methinks! Morning, Malc.

 

[LYN T]

"Alzheimers is not just memory problems".

That statement is about as useful as being told by Pete's CPN that I could take a paracetamol for my stress headaches. That was also a 'No! Really! moment

 

[WIFE]

Morning Rosie - did the good Doctor then go on to elaborate as to what other problems might be encountered during the Alzheimer's journey?

 

[Rosie2]

Morning Rosie - did the good Doctor then go on to elaborate as to what other problems might be encountered during the Alzheimer's journey?

Morning WIFE.
Yes he certainly did. Very nice man but..... I did say to him "Yes I know," but it fell on deaf ears.

 

[Lilac Blossom]

Enlightenment indeed. Don't you really appreciate the pearls of wisdom resulting from their many years of specialised training.

Doctor said to me "there is no cure for dementia"

 

[jasmineflower]

My son is at medical school and I am so glad that he has witnessed first hand the problems of caring for someone with AD and the tolls it takes on family of the carers. I'm hoping he will be a better doctor for it and not come out with facile comments like that....

 

[Silver Lining]

I can't bear the statement " a little bit of Alzheimers" which bit do they mean? SL

 

[WIFE]

I have a friend - a retired colo-rectal Surgeon - told me the other day he had never heard of Lewy body dementia! - "What is it?" I explained as succinctly as possible.

 

[truth24]

Apparently he'd only been concerned with the body, not the brain. Hope he has some understanding now.

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