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Originally Posted by Blossom
While I totally agree with you. It's not so simple to change doctors as my sister is a special case due to her many many health issues and operations. This doctor is with the University hospital.
I hope when she sees my sister she moves immediately into action but she better not mess with medicines the hospital has her on. They are working. Her blood pressure is normal. She needs therapy. She acts out at times out of frustration no doubt she is feeling. Therapy would help her so much.
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I don't know if it helps, given that every person is different, but my 76-year-old Dad had multiple "brain bleeds" in March - 2 surgeries to cut open his head and drain the fluid putting pressure on his brain. Took them 3 weeks to officially call it a stroke.
After 3 weeks, he could say 3 words/phrases - and one of them was "I want to die". They put him in ... gak, I can't remember the term....not a nursing home, but not the hospital any more. He was combative with the staff and told them he wanted to be sent to Hospice to die. (Not sure how he managed that, but that's what they told my brother).
He got physical therapy, speech therapy, and a third type (although the third one was a single visit and they said he didn't need them - maybe the folks who re-teach people how to shower and tie their shoes).
Today he's talking, has most of the mobility back in his right side, and is grumbling that he can't drive yet.
Everyone kept telling me that people do much better after strokes than they did before (his father was disabled by a stroke about 30 years ago - couldn't take care of himself, couldn't communicate).
So here's to hoping your sister does equally well and equally quickly.