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Doctors Who Don't talk to the Alzheimer's Patient
I read these letters, and everything flooded back. I told them not to give him sedatives, but the were understaffed, and gave them to him anyway. They said it was that, or tie him down. It took me more than 5 weeks, after the last hospital stay, to get my husband back to his baseline. I don't argue with them, when they won't let me in the examining room, or the radiology room, or the lab for his blood tests. I say, "Ok, I'll wait here." I guarantee, they'll be out in two minutes asking for my help. It is funny. Now they all know me. I was told they wouldn't label their charts, because of patient confidentiality. My reply was, use a purple dot, or something. No one would know what it was, except the people that work there. I am not a professional, but after dealing with this for 5 years, I feel like going to hospitals, and nursing homes, and talking to the nurses and doctors about it.
Lil McAlister, PA
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