–> About a year before Mom died, I wrote thisfrom her hospital room: Mom was hospitalised just prior to Christmas for respiratory distress. A young, bespectacled respirologist strode into the room. He smiled at Mom and began to make notes on his clipboard. “Have you ever had trouble breathing before?”
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Getting What You Need From A Doctor Appointment
Consider this: an appointment with a doctor is similar to an important business meeting. The better prepared you are, the more profitable the results of the meeting will be. On the ‘bad’ end of the scale, the meeting will have no agenda. Recent events will be only partially remembered and
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