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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 239986" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p><em>Certainly you need to be careful to not get caught up in her manipulation (which is what it sounds like to me).</em></p><p> </p><p>Yes, indeed. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sick.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sick:" title="sick :sick:" data-shortname=":sick:" /></p><p> </p><p>On top of it, she is a retired actress. So it's like the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Her pain is real. But I never know when she's really THAT ill.</p><p> </p><p>I did call 911 last yr when she fell, and she was in the hospital for quite a while, and then a therapy/retirement home. She refused the home care and told the Soc. wkr not to come over, then a mo later, complained that no one was helping her. </p><p>Grr.</p><p> </p><p>She will not do acupuncture or massage or PT or Occupational Therapist (OT) because it means she has to get up, take a cab, and got to numerous appts. She is always late, and then complains when the staff cancels her appointment or charges her a no-show fee because, well, she showed up, even if she was an hr late!</p><p>She is bed-bound for the most part. Her own doing. </p><p>Still, her pain is real.</p><p>But so is her drama.</p><p> </p><p>I fully expect to have to fly up and peel her out of bed after she's been dead a wk. I am steeling myself against the inevitable anger, and hope I can forgive her. </p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile, she has a new pain-mgt dr who prescribes the exact same medications she's had for yrs, because he doesn't want to deal with-a neurotic old lady. All of her doctors have been like that. She is on her 5th dr in as many yrs. --not counting the specialists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 239986, member: 3419"] [I]Certainly you need to be careful to not get caught up in her manipulation (which is what it sounds like to me).[/I] Yes, indeed. :sick: On top of it, she is a retired actress. So it's like the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Her pain is real. But I never know when she's really THAT ill. I did call 911 last yr when she fell, and she was in the hospital for quite a while, and then a therapy/retirement home. She refused the home care and told the Soc. wkr not to come over, then a mo later, complained that no one was helping her. Grr. She will not do acupuncture or massage or PT or Occupational Therapist (OT) because it means she has to get up, take a cab, and got to numerous appts. She is always late, and then complains when the staff cancels her appointment or charges her a no-show fee because, well, she showed up, even if she was an hr late! She is bed-bound for the most part. Her own doing. Still, her pain is real. But so is her drama. I fully expect to have to fly up and peel her out of bed after she's been dead a wk. I am steeling myself against the inevitable anger, and hope I can forgive her. Meanwhile, she has a new pain-mgt dr who prescribes the exact same medications she's had for yrs, because he doesn't want to deal with-a neurotic old lady. All of her doctors have been like that. She is on her 5th dr in as many yrs. --not counting the specialists. [/QUOTE]
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