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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 400477" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Sigh. </p><p>Oh, Jena.</p><p>I can just imagine what you look like and feel like, especially to have the doctor(s) comment so blatantly like that. I remember when my mom got pneumonia for the last time. My little sister was the main caregiver (mom had cancer), my dad has Alzheimer's, my sister's daughter was on drugs, it was chaos. The paramedics came in and set up shop with-their equipment on Mom's bed, and as they were waiting for her O2 level to rise, one of them looked at my sister and said, "You the main caregiver? You don't look good. You have to take care of yourself." </p><p>Fine, fine, fine. She tried to blow him off.</p><p>"I mean it," he said, "You don't look good. Go see a doctor. And a therapist. Get some medicine."</p><p>He just wouldn't let up.</p><p>Alrighty, then.</p><p>Turns out my sister had an infection ... don't know how he figured that out but anyway, she had lost weight and her color wasn't good.</p><p> </p><p>So, the dr is right. You're in a hospital setting. There must be a slew of doctors' ofcs ringing the hospital complex*, in between Starbucks and medical supply companies. Make an appointment for a physical and a CBC and make sure you're not low on iron and the basics. This is stuff you can do now, easy stuff, like take vitamins. Then make an appointment with-a therapist and cry your heart out. Hopefully you'll get someone who cuts to the chase with-good advice and ideas and not someone who just says, "Hmm, what I hear you saying is that you're under stress." (WHACK!!)</p><p> </p><p>* I found another thread that said you were at a Ronald McDonald House and I don't know if that's technically connected to a hospital, but my advice still stands. FWIW.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/grouphug.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":grouphug:" title="grouphug :grouphug:" data-shortname=":grouphug:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 400477, member: 3419"] Sigh. Oh, Jena. I can just imagine what you look like and feel like, especially to have the doctor(s) comment so blatantly like that. I remember when my mom got pneumonia for the last time. My little sister was the main caregiver (mom had cancer), my dad has Alzheimer's, my sister's daughter was on drugs, it was chaos. The paramedics came in and set up shop with-their equipment on Mom's bed, and as they were waiting for her O2 level to rise, one of them looked at my sister and said, "You the main caregiver? You don't look good. You have to take care of yourself." Fine, fine, fine. She tried to blow him off. "I mean it," he said, "You don't look good. Go see a doctor. And a therapist. Get some medicine." He just wouldn't let up. Alrighty, then. Turns out my sister had an infection ... don't know how he figured that out but anyway, she had lost weight and her color wasn't good. So, the dr is right. You're in a hospital setting. There must be a slew of doctors' ofcs ringing the hospital complex*, in between Starbucks and medical supply companies. Make an appointment for a physical and a CBC and make sure you're not low on iron and the basics. This is stuff you can do now, easy stuff, like take vitamins. Then make an appointment with-a therapist and cry your heart out. Hopefully you'll get someone who cuts to the chase with-good advice and ideas and not someone who just says, "Hmm, what I hear you saying is that you're under stress." (WHACK!!) * I found another thread that said you were at a Ronald McDonald House and I don't know if that's technically connected to a hospital, but my advice still stands. FWIW.:grouphug: [/QUOTE]
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