Hello Nancy.

03 Sep 15 18:20, you wrote to me:


 NB> -=> Quoting Jeff Smith to Nancy Backus on 31-Aug-2015 23:33 <=-


 JS>> I'm that way too. Never cared for doctors much. While it's hard
 JS>> for me to ask I do enjoy and feel better about going if someone
 JS>> decides to go with. I guess it's nice to feel your not alone
 JS>> sometimes.

 NB> It certainly helps to have two people to listen to the doctor and to
 NB> ask questions... and to remember what was said...   I started going
 NB> with my friend/neighbor when she'd been complaining to me on the phone
 NB> after every visit to a certain doctor how bad he was and how he wasn't
 NB> dealing with what she thought needed attention...  Turned out that he
 NB> really was that bad, so I helped her find a better doctor...  But then
 NB> I went with her to all her doctor visits thereafter, even with a new
 NB> better doctor... it made helping her remember what was going on easier
 NB> for me...   And she appreciated having the company...

 I go to the doctors as little as possible. Recently though I decided
to "Bite The Bullet" and drive myself to the hospital. I wasn't in pain
really. Just didn't feel right. Turns out (They told me) that I had a total
blockage of blood feeding the heart muscles. And that I made it to the hospital
with minutes to spare. That was reaffirmed by how fast they were rushing me
down the halls on the gurney. They used their little "Roto Rooter" machine
to clean my pipes. <g>


 NB> I've long felt that it's important to have a doctor that listens to
 NB> you, and that accepts you as an equal partner in your care... I've
 NB> been fortunate over the last couple of decades to have all my doctors
 NB> be that way... it makes the thought of going to see them a lot less
 NB> onerous.. 

    The doctor that I had seemed to be nice. He seemd to be someone that a
patient could actually hold a conversation with. Did I mention that I really
HATE hospital beds. That was the most uncomfortable thing to even try to sleep
on. Which isn't helped by the folks that stop by every couple hours to see if
your still alive. <g> Im doing ok but can't handle stairs or hills very well.
Guess my plans to be a mountain climber are shelved.

The sad thing to me was being a dad and having none of my kids showing up or
at least calling. I did get a glad your ok msg after I got back home from one
though.


 NB> ttyl      neb

 NB> ... I'll stop worrying when life stops giving me things to worry
 NB> about.

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Jeff

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