by Susan | Feb 15, 2024 | Caregiving, Medical
On Friday, February 2, I got a call from the hospital in Oakley. My mom had a stroke. Could I come to the hospital? I told the nurse I was 300 miles away please call my son who’s in Oakley and gave her his phone number. There were many phone calls about when someone...
by Susan | Sep 6, 2023 | Awareness, Caregiving, Medical
Cancer. Auto-immune disease. Chemotherapy. Edema. Intravenous. Malignant. Benign. Prognosis. Contusion. Acute. Chronic. Biopsy. These are terms that medical professionals are trained to use. When they use them with patients and caregivers it can be confusing and...
by Susan | Feb 22, 2023 | Awareness, Caregiving, Communications, Medical
As the sun rises over the prairie, I am grateful. Grateful to be back home and to have found some music that lifted me up this morning. Thursday evening, I got a call from John. He said he’d been having some symptoms – dizziness, strange taste and smell, chills, and...
by Susan | Nov 30, 2022 | Awareness, Caregiving, Communications, Medical
Over the past five weeks, I’ve focused on connections between doctors, patients, and caregivers. I feel like people would be much healthier if these connections were formed. I’m grateful that Mike and I had many doctors who we felt cared about us and listened. So far,...
by Susan | Nov 23, 2022 | Awareness, Caregiving, Communications, Medical
What I Wish My Doctors Would Have Known When I Was A Patient and Caregiver – Part 5 This is part 5 of a 5-part series. To read the other posts follow the links at the bottom. Don’t Apologize for Being Late — Thank Your Patient for Understanding Do you ever have days...
by Susan | Nov 15, 2022 | Awareness, Caregiving, Communications, Medical
What I Wish My Doctors Would Have Known When I Was A Patient and Caregiver – Part 4 This is part 4 of a 5-part series. To read the other posts follow the links at the bottom. Focus On Us — Leave Your Other Patients and Personal Issues Outside the Room Life is...
