My mother is an extremely emotional lady on the subject of AD and my father, and will instantly burst into torrents of tears if anyone asks more than a simple “How are you and Tom doing?” This is a mixed blessing–it embarrasses her to be perceived as so “sensitive,” but boy, does it shut people up!

You’re doing an amazing job at one of the hardest care-taking situations that exists. Don’t let the dummies get you down.

Love to you and Wayne,

Laura

Doc, I never can think of these things when I need them.

I’ll never forget when my mom’s blood sugar dropped and an EMT kept assuring her that she was right that nothing was wrong with her mentally but ADHD and he had ADHD as well, and she should not let anyone tell her otherwise.

I was livid. I had a friend with me that was an RN and it was all we could do to keep from strangling the guy.

Thank you medical professional for just increasing my mom’s paranoia that we’re ‘out to get her’ and increasing her determination that there is nothing wrong with her. Thank you for giving her just yet one more medical professionals ‘diagnosis’ that she’s ‘ok’ mentally and doesn’t need any help.

As an EMT he didn’t know her, and had no reason to be telling her this, except he was trying to keep her calm. I wrote a letter to the EMT headquarters who wrote me back and said “We tell our patients what we need to to keep them calm.”
I let them know that that EMT not only lied to my mom, but in her mind gave her a set diagnosis, that she uses against us and has made getting her appropriate help just that much harder when her mental status isn’t ‘ok’.

He wrote me back and said “that isn’t our problem. Mental status at the time of the incident is what we are concerned with”

OH geesh!

Some people just don’t get it!