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[quote=Anonymous]I hear you OP. Until my mom hit a certain stage in her dementia it was nuts, between her health anxiety and regular aging I burned through ALL my own leave..two to three separate eye exam because of blurriness and irritation (it was makeup in her eye and dry eye), dermatologist becuase she was sure it was cancer; twice to gastro along with 2 urgent care visits for stomach issues (constipation, reflux  who knows), a couple times to neurologist (becase onset of dementia), three times cardiologist (including one to simply get test results!!!) ; bone density infusion/rheumatologist, to which she had a terrible reactin and then orthopedist for back pain, along with an acupuncturist weekly and several ER visits for what turned out to be UTIs, along with a panoply of PCP visits.  This was all in the span of about a year.

now that she has a terminal illness and has deteriorated significantly,we reduced external appointments greatly (she sees an NP almost weekly in her facility, they also have dental, podiatrist, and psychiatric nurse practitioner for meds...). Its a huge relief. [/quote]

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