Hi folks, bear with me ive got a lot on my mind.
Never posted before, my mum was diagnosed with alzheimers about a year ago at the age of 56 but we have noticed the effects scince about the middle of 2001, we took ages to get her to go to the GP and we sent her a few times and the first two times the said it was stress, anyway the third time she went the gp sent her to a nureologist and he sent her to hospital for a some tests then we waited a while for the diagnosis which came back saying they didnt know what it was. Then after some more tests it came back that it was alzheimers. Then we get the drug {Aricept} and we noticed an improvement in her condition, that was about a year ago.
Recently her speech, cordination and memory seem to be going back to were they were before the diagnosis, even though I have told her to take ginko biloba, vit B 12, vit E and folic acid for the past 6 months or so. over the past month or so I have got her some reflexology and it has helped her to relax and it has given me a bit of a break as well.
yesterday we went to the specialist at the hospital and he asked her the usual questions how are you feeling how do you think the drugs are going etc and today another doctor came cause it had been booked and after hearing the same questions and the same replies from my mum I said, something along the lines of all your here to do is dispense pills and offer advice that doesnt do any good anyway. I wasnt angry with him I just said it calmly but either way he wasnt happy with what I said and said something like we dont anything for you apart from send nurses and doctors round to your house and with that made his excuses and left.
I know they do their best but sometimes to me it seems like the carers just get lumbered with the real job and the tears when your mum says she wants to die and is asking you how could we do it and im just totally stunned by what she has said and the doctors and nurses turn up once every few months have a chat and leave.
sorry if that seems harsh its just the way I was feeling today when the doc came round.
Never posted before, my mum was diagnosed with alzheimers about a year ago at the age of 56 but we have noticed the effects scince about the middle of 2001, we took ages to get her to go to the GP and we sent her a few times and the first two times the said it was stress, anyway the third time she went the gp sent her to a nureologist and he sent her to hospital for a some tests then we waited a while for the diagnosis which came back saying they didnt know what it was. Then after some more tests it came back that it was alzheimers. Then we get the drug {Aricept} and we noticed an improvement in her condition, that was about a year ago.
Recently her speech, cordination and memory seem to be going back to were they were before the diagnosis, even though I have told her to take ginko biloba, vit B 12, vit E and folic acid for the past 6 months or so. over the past month or so I have got her some reflexology and it has helped her to relax and it has given me a bit of a break as well.
yesterday we went to the specialist at the hospital and he asked her the usual questions how are you feeling how do you think the drugs are going etc and today another doctor came cause it had been booked and after hearing the same questions and the same replies from my mum I said, something along the lines of all your here to do is dispense pills and offer advice that doesnt do any good anyway. I wasnt angry with him I just said it calmly but either way he wasnt happy with what I said and said something like we dont anything for you apart from send nurses and doctors round to your house and with that made his excuses and left.
I know they do their best but sometimes to me it seems like the carers just get lumbered with the real job and the tears when your mum says she wants to die and is asking you how could we do it and im just totally stunned by what she has said and the doctors and nurses turn up once every few months have a chat and leave.
sorry if that seems harsh its just the way I was feeling today when the doc came round.