I cannot reply to recent comments and don't know why. Later I will figure that out.
Thursday night, we decided to go to Cullman last night. We did, went to PO and Chicken Salad Chick. I always ask Tommy if he wants a can of popcorn. He says No. Today, I said I would buy him popcorn for Christmas if he wanted it. He said Yes, make the flavor a surprise. I bought the can of popcorn with Santa. I bought chewing gum because I wanted some...lol. I bought two other things that I don't remember.
When we came home about 4:30, I told Tommy I might be asleep when he got into the house. I went straight to be and heard nothing. I awoke at 8:30.
Oh, yeah, I bought a red sweater and a red jacket.
Thursday afternoon, a physical therapist called for an appointment on Friday. I told her I had plans, but if we got back in time, she could come. Well, she did not get to come. She said she would call next week. I questioned why did not make appointments the week before instead of waiting until my date book was full because if I had appointments, I would be busy. She said okay and said a time hurriedly.
When a nurse was here, I commented out of frustration that I needed to be able to wash my hair and cook. She jumped on that. Well, making my back hurt less is the solution, so wonder what kind of treatment I will get. ??? There was talk of exercise...lol.
Cleaner cannot come because we want to go to the Christmas Parade.
I am too tired to think.
If you want these home visits to continue, I strongly urge you to prioritize your schedule for them. If it’s anything like here, they work as a team: Nurse, PT, Occupational Therapist and Speech Therapist, but you may only need some of the services. The entire team meets weekly to discuss the care of the patients assigned to their team. If you make scheduling difficult, miss, or constantly cancel appointments, they will drop you as a patient. If you don’t follow orders and do the exercises provided, they will drop you as a patient. PT tends to have the heaviest patient load on the team, so she is trying to fit you as a new patient, into her already booked schedule, hence the short notice.
ReplyDeleteI guaranteed you that these caregivers share ALL information about their patients at their team meetings. They have to, in order to provide you with the best care. They will try to devise a plan that works for you, including assigning exercises that, while you may not specifically enjoy, you won’t despise so much that you won’t do them. You are fortunate to have these visits, so again, take advantage of them, but take it seriously.
Meg,
DeleteI urge you not to talk to me like that. They cannot get away with waiting until the last minute to schedule me. If I have a doctor appointment, I will not cancel to prove I am taking it seriously! I also tell them what each other are doing or saying as a matter of conversation when they ask questions. You always come off like I am to blame.