| Thanks again,
My mom had no idea she was diabetic, the primary (now soon to be former) just used to say watch your sugar. He never gave a dx of DM, never gave diet referral, never explained the "watch your sugar": etc. Mom never told me the "watch your sugar" comment until she was in the hospital. Mom will do whatever is told of her. She was actually going to wait 3 wks for follow up on the diabeta. Sister (the calm therapist) was planning to call MD office for diabetic teaching for mom that morning. Brother happened to phone parents that am and sense something was wrong. Brother called nurse of primary and ask her to tell mom to go to ER, mom didn't think she was serious and was going to wait. Sadly it took a ICU visit and several wonderful health providers for mom to realize she deserved better medical care. She has great insurance (not an HMO), and there was no reason for this. MD has been primary for over 20 yrs, I found him for them. Oh, by the way the A1c was 16.
Brother has visited since, sister and I will see mom next week (son's graduation) and I will go to next appt.
LA |