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Multiple conditions and keeping track of all your medications
Aging Well | Last Active: 6 days ago | Replies (71)Comment receiving replies
@grannytrucker, of course some things can be attributed to aging. But boy do I get hot under the collar when someone says to a patient, "it's because you're old."
When it comes to medication management I find pharmacists an essential member of my health care team. The understand side effects and possible drug interactions.
Here's a related discussion that may interest you, @ann78 and others:
- Medication reconciliation: Who do I talk with to review all my meds?https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/stop-all-medicine/
@grannytrucker, I'm glad you were able to go back to your former doctor. (Love your username, by the way. Were you or are you a trucker?)
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@colleenyoung and all...
Hello, Colleen! I've missed you, lady.
Wow! Do I ever agree! I spent decades with medical folks who treated me with little respect, as though I had only a partially functioning brain... either due to my being a female OR to my related to my age.
Gemini crickets... how many battles I fought through the decades! To be seen. Heard. Listened to. And to finally get help, over 2 years of tapering and excellent guidance, from a remarkable physician at Mayo Jax... he saved my life and my sanity.
As I mentioned in a previous message, he was the only doctor who took the care and interest in my health to oversee the reduction, removal of multiple medications that were harming me for years. I am very sure I would not be in the physical difficulties I am now were it not for the harsh chemicals thrown at my body... one on top of another, added and increased with no careful thought of outcome.
Truly horrid side effects. Affecting my entire life. My personality. My organs, bones, hair, muscles -every part of me.
Can you tell I get nuts about this issue? I do. Rightfully.
That, Colleen, is why I so strongly urge folks to take control of their health care. Be their own advocates. Stand up, ask questions. Be heard. And be heard when you are not treated properly by medical folks on any way. It is tough, especially as we age and get weaker, are alone, so ill...tough, but vital we make ourselves watch and ask and be heard... make our own decisions when possible. And, fight to find some one who will listen! Then, do your own serious research!
Importantly.. be heard and be courteous, say thank you out loud to their faces, be supportive of the medical personnel who are caring, kind, thoughtful, and who listen. They are dear. Special. Many are found at Mayo. Not so many elsewhere in my experience, which were many. Mayo is different. Most of the time. Still have some who are not educated in the Mayo way. Or who still think they are 'God'. Or, who's head will not fit through the door. But far fewer at Mayo. Or who are so young and untrained they are not yet Mayo quality. But, that is rare. For which I am ever grateful.
Blessings... Elizabeth.