Re: My Story to Diane

[Guest guest]

Diane,

Your comment to Karyn about your mother questioning your need for a

cleaning woman now that you " are all better " prompted me to tell you about

my dad. He, too, thinks like your mother does. Often he'll say something

about my being all better after I've had a spell of good days and haven't been

in the hospital or in bed. He's 80, and still of sound mind and health, but he

just doesn't get it. No matter how many times we explain it (CP) to him, if I

" look good " or tell him I've been doing well, he thinks it's all gone.

Fortunately

he understands the diabetes much better, although he still can't figure out

how I could get it because no one else in our family tree has ever been

diabetic.

So you aren't the only one with a relative like this. The hardest part for my

Dad to figure out is the low fat business. Whenever we visit, he always wants

to eat at his favorite restaurant where the menu is very heavy on all the

gravies and sauces and sauted in butter entrees, but if I'm looking good,

(which I naturally make an extra effort to do when we go to see him) he thinks

it's okay. Fortunately he lives far enough away that we only have to deal with

explaining it all over again a few times a year.

With hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI, Intl.

Note: All comments and advice are personal opinion only, and should

not be

should be substituted for a professional medical consultation.

Diane said:

I had an interesting talk with my mom yesterday on the phone. I was telling

her about the girl that was coming to clean my house once a week. She

seemed almost disturbed by the idea that I though I needed that even when I

was " all better " . It was hard to explain to her that just because I'm not in the

hospital or have an IV at home, doesn't mean I'm " all better " . I think I even

said, " I'm never all better.