I dont know RB but that nice Mr Cameron, in his speach on Weds is going to sort it all out! yea and the rest.
Mum was discharged this week and the nurse told me she had arranged for the district nurse to pop in and see that I was coping and that mum was ok, I cant get the night catheter bag on, the fittings just dont seem to be correct, so I was waiting for the nurse so she could show me.
She phoned yesterday to say she had had a letter from the hospital and she would come in next wednesday, then said she couldnt because it was Goose Fair day and the roads are shut!
She told me the bag was easy to fit, I will look forward to seeing her do it!
In the meantime, I need to get up in the night to empty it.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Well done Verdun - I really hope the new home is at the opposite end of the caring spectrum to the current one.
Lyn - that's horrible & very disruptive for you. Do you know when you are likely to get a visit yet?
I'm sorry some of you have had bad experiences with GP receptionists. I must be very lucky because I have always found receptionists at different surgeries used over the years to be very helpful.
I think the reason they ask why somebody needs an appointment is so they can do a form of triaging to ensure those in most need are seen urgently. I have never been asked for any really personal or intimate information by a receptionist but I always volunteer the info that I need an appointment but it's not urgent or because I have an earache / eye infection (whatever) that I'm concerned about. If I know what's wrong with me & what I need (cystitis / antibiotics was favourite a couple of years back!) I tell them so they can arrange for a prescription and / or short appointment with a doctor or prescribing nurse.
For the non-urgent stuff the receptionist just makes an appointment. If it is patently urgent she makes a same day appt. For everything else the surgery has a triaging system where a nurse or doctor phones back within the hour to determine if I should be seen the same day or whether it can wait.
I don't think the receptionists are being nosey - they are just trying to allocate a short ration of appointments in the most effective way.
(Head ducked for rotten tomatoes / bad eggs etc - and, no I wasn't a doctors receptionist when I was working )
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Hope all goes well Verdun. Sending very best wishes and hugs x
Know what you mean Topbird, but sometimes its their wording/attitude. At our Doctors it really does depend on which one is asking you why you want to see the Doctor. Thankfully I don't see them much.
Good L problems iucj Verdun and well done with your persistants.
When I was returning from France phoned up for an appointment as we drove off the ferry - just said I am really not very well and had an appointment for when we returned to our area. Was very pleased. I have still got the problem and do not have a problem with them, had to have another appointment this week and again saw a doc almost straight away.
Every time I visit this site I am drawn to this thread although it makes me feel so sad both for all you carers and your sick relatives. Even though my elderly parents died over 20 years ago, I was the only relative around to cope with all the dramas and pain and sadly identical situations are all being written about here all those years later. Now I'm elderly and there is nothing I can do to ensure I won't end my days causing anquish to my children if they have to be responsible for me. Who ever designed the human body certainly got it wrong.
Billie, I think we almost all have to suffer at some point, thank goodness its usually when we are old and have had the best of our lives. Although that is not always the case and its even more sad when someone dies 'out of time'
The best thing us olduns can do is remember the things that upset us most when caring for our parents and try not to cause the same to our carers.
I dont know if it works quite like that though, I am not there yet!
I have to say that the design of the human body is fantastic and a miracle, the organs have to wear out at some point and it wouldnt do for everyone to go on for ever, it would be a very overcrowded world.
Suffering brings out great humility in people, you only need to read this thread, and that in itself is good.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I am so pleased to hear that, will you still move her?
Dehydration causes confusion and strange behaviour as well, the paramedic that collected mum says sometime people are nothing like they were and you think they are going really crazy, amazing what water does.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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I dont know RB but that nice Mr Cameron, in his speach on Weds is going to sort it all out! yea and the rest.
Mum was discharged this week and the nurse told me she had arranged for the district nurse to pop in and see that I was coping and that mum was ok, I cant get the night catheter bag on, the fittings just dont seem to be correct, so I was waiting for the nurse so she could show me.
She phoned yesterday to say she had had a letter from the hospital and she would come in next wednesday, then said she couldnt because it was Goose Fair day and the roads are shut!
She told me the bag was easy to fit, I will look forward to seeing her do it!
In the meantime, I need to get up in the night to empty it.
Verdun ((hugs))
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well done Verdun - I really hope the new home is at the opposite end of the caring spectrum to the current one.
Lyn - that's horrible & very disruptive for you. Do you know when you are likely to get a visit yet?
I'm sorry some of you have had bad experiences with GP receptionists. I must be very lucky because I have always found receptionists at different surgeries used over the years to be very helpful.
I think the reason they ask why somebody needs an appointment is so they can do a form of triaging to ensure those in most need are seen urgently. I have never been asked for any really personal or intimate information by a receptionist but I always volunteer the info that I need an appointment but it's not urgent or because I have an earache / eye infection (whatever) that I'm concerned about. If I know what's wrong with me & what I need (cystitis / antibiotics was favourite a couple of years back!) I tell them so they can arrange for a prescription and / or short appointment with a doctor or prescribing nurse.
For the non-urgent stuff the receptionist just makes an appointment. If it is patently urgent she makes a same day appt. For everything else the surgery has a triaging system where a nurse or doctor phones back within the hour to determine if I should be seen the same day or whether it can wait.
I don't think the receptionists are being nosey - they are just trying to allocate a short ration of appointments in the most effective way.
(Head ducked for rotten tomatoes / bad eggs etc - and, no I wasn't a doctors receptionist when I was working
)
Hope all goes well Verdun. Sending very best wishes and hugs x
Know what you mean Topbird, but sometimes its their wording/attitude. At our Doctors it really does depend on which one is asking you why you want to see the Doctor. Thankfully I don't see them much.
Won't throw any tomatoes at you lol
Good L problems iucj Verdun and well done with your persistants.
When I was returning from France phoned up for an appointment as we drove off the ferry - just said I am really not very well and had an appointment for when we returned to our area. Was very pleased. I have still got the problem and do not have a problem with them, had to have another appointment this week and again saw a doc almost straight away.
No quibbles about our surgery
Every time I visit this site I am drawn to this thread although it makes me feel so sad both for all you carers and your sick relatives. Even though my elderly parents died over 20 years ago, I was the only relative around to cope with all the dramas and pain and sadly identical situations are all being written about here all those years later. Now I'm elderly and there is nothing I can do to ensure I won't end my days causing anquish to my children if they have to be responsible for me. Who ever designed the human body certainly got it wrong.
Billie, I think we almost all have to suffer at some point, thank goodness its usually when we are old and have had the best of our lives. Although that is not always the case and its even more sad when someone dies 'out of time'
The best thing us olduns can do is remember the things that upset us most when caring for our parents and try not to cause the same to our carers.
I dont know if it works quite like that though, I am not there yet!
I have to say that the design of the human body is fantastic and a miracle, the organs have to wear out at some point and it wouldnt do for everyone to go on for ever, it would be a very overcrowded world.
Suffering brings out great humility in people, you only need to read this thread, and that in itself is good.
I am so pleased to hear that, will you still move her?
Dehydration causes confusion and strange behaviour as well, the paramedic that collected mum says sometime people are nothing like they were and you think they are going really crazy, amazing what water does.
Verdun - that's really good news. I hope to hear more positive news soon
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.