Dr. Grumpy: "Who had it?"
Mrs. Worry: "My ex-husband."
Friday, April 7, 2017
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Dr. Grumpy: "Who had it?"
Mrs. Worry: "My ex-husband."
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Mrs. Worry: "I'm concerned about Alzheimer's Disease, because I have a family history of it."
Dr. Grumpy: "Who had it?"
Mrs. Worry: "My ex-husband."
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Dr. Grumpy: "Who had it?"
Mrs. Worry: "My ex-husband."
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Note: I do not answer medical questions. If you are having a medical issue, see your own doctor. For all you know I'm really a Mongolian yak herder and have no medical training at all except in issues regarding the care and feeding of Mongolian yaks.
Cast of Characters:
Annie: My Phenomenal MA
Mary: My Awesome Secretary
Ed: The office fish
Dr. Pissy: The guy I share an office with
Mrs. Grumpy: My Boss (also the world's greatest school nurse)
Frank, Craig, and Marie: The Grumpy Tribe
Garlic and Riley: The Grumpy Dogs
Questions? Comments? Biting sarcasm? Write to: pagingdrgrumpy [at] gmail [dot] com
Note: I do not answer medical questions. If you are having a medical issue, see your own doctor. For all you know I'm really a Mongolian yak herder and have no medical training at all except in issues regarding the care and feeding of Mongolian yaks.
15 comments:
I am going to forget you ever passed this on.
Unfortunately, it sounds like she already has it.
"And he keeps forgetting that we're divorced."
OK, trite but fits here: "can't fix stupid"
Alzheimer's: The STD.
Sexually transmitted disease.....
She got in one of those bumper cars that goes up instead of down and across? Hehe Moose.
"It mainly seems to hit him whenever my alimony check is due."
"Heredity is really complicated. I mean, if insanity is hereditary and you get it from your kids like that poster you see everywhere says..."
"Who happens to be the Family consigliere."
"I'm also worried about thallium poisoning, for the same reason."
"I knew something was wrong when suddenly, one year, he remembered our anniversary."
How long ago did they divorce?
My dad, a wonderful, long-suffering soul, 'caught' it from my mom. Being a full-time caregiver does increase your risk. And I KNOW I went home a little more demented after spending long hours with her. It takes a special kind of strength to deal with that day in, day out. I guess I could do it if I had to, I just pray I don't!
Well...if they're from West Virginia
Is it bad that I kind of get it?
We have a "family history" of congenital heart defect (HLHS). As that person is not genetically related to me I am aware that my unborn is not at any higher risk than any other fetus without a family history of HLHS but I may still be more concerned than other parents (who most likely never heard of it).
One of my coworkers has an (ex)husband with early onset alzheimer's. While rationally she understands that she doesn't have a higher risk than other people (especially as she doesn't have a family history of alzheimer's), she is still more concerned than most people around her because she has lived through it with a husband who had barely turned 50.
Somebody being concerned about something should be set at ease. Not ridiculed. That's why people stop seeing their physician. They don't feel taken seriously.
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