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<blockquote data-quote="Kentoldlady1" data-source="post: 1621573" data-attributes="member: 414280"><p>Most of us are lucky enough to remember what is wrong with us, what medication we take and retain enough info to ask questions. We are lucky enough to be involved in our own health care. That is not true for everyone. When my mum started her crazy dementia journey she would quite often make an appointment, describe something( she could never remember what) and come home with yet more drugs. Which she would forget to take. Or take double when she remembered.</p><p></p><p>She forgot she was t2d quite early on, would have terrible headaches because she forgot her bp meds etc. After she was dx with dementia but while she was still capable of living independently she would still see her gp. They never seemed to look at her dx at all. Instead of wondering " is this person non compliant because she forgets to take her medications and thats why she is still hypertensive" the dosages were just all increased. She fell over a few times because on the days she did remember to take her meds her bp was in her boots.</p><p></p><p>My point is that not everyone is as capable as you are. Many people rely on a gp knowing what is wrong with them and trust them to get it right each time they are prescribed a drug. It is a gps job to understand how drugs interact with various conditions and other drugs. We have a right to expect that they do the job they are paid to do. </p><p></p><p>I am lucky at the moment. I can look after myself. In a few years who knows where I will be? Or you, come to that. In a few years, if you have started on the same path asmy mum would you expect your gp to have at least read that you have dementia? </p><p></p><p>Btw, I did report my mums gp. Once I found out what was going on, after picking her up from a and e after yet another fall. Nothing much happened. He is still there, although "lessons have been learnt".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kentoldlady1, post: 1621573, member: 414280"] Most of us are lucky enough to remember what is wrong with us, what medication we take and retain enough info to ask questions. We are lucky enough to be involved in our own health care. That is not true for everyone. When my mum started her crazy dementia journey she would quite often make an appointment, describe something( she could never remember what) and come home with yet more drugs. Which she would forget to take. Or take double when she remembered. She forgot she was t2d quite early on, would have terrible headaches because she forgot her bp meds etc. After she was dx with dementia but while she was still capable of living independently she would still see her gp. They never seemed to look at her dx at all. Instead of wondering " is this person non compliant because she forgets to take her medications and thats why she is still hypertensive" the dosages were just all increased. She fell over a few times because on the days she did remember to take her meds her bp was in her boots. My point is that not everyone is as capable as you are. Many people rely on a gp knowing what is wrong with them and trust them to get it right each time they are prescribed a drug. It is a gps job to understand how drugs interact with various conditions and other drugs. We have a right to expect that they do the job they are paid to do. I am lucky at the moment. I can look after myself. In a few years who knows where I will be? Or you, come to that. In a few years, if you have started on the same path asmy mum would you expect your gp to have at least read that you have dementia? Btw, I did report my mums gp. Once I found out what was going on, after picking her up from a and e after yet another fall. Nothing much happened. He is still there, although "lessons have been learnt". [/QUOTE]
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