Over the past few months I have had numerous discussions with specialists, surgeons, nurses, administrators, etc. as a result of both parents having medical treatment in hospitals.
As I reflect back on the savvy and professional medical team, I now realize the overwhelming, abundance of information delivered both verbally and book form were just pieces of instructions to a complicated cure for my mom's cancer. It is a classis case of a senior relying on, or having the expectation that professionals will give educated, proper and sound advise. Each medical professional has their area of specialty and as a metaphor, if you will, although each player was playing the same game for the same team, if the captain (being my mom) cannot put the pieces together after each player (the medical team) plays their position perfectly, it makes for an interesting game.
What I have learned over the years in a profession that helps seniors and their families move forward, is we have to take ownership of our life and what happens from one day to the next. So don't be lulled into the sense that you are expected to just understand, do your own homework and ask questions. It is, after all, your life.
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