July chitchat

[Prot]

It's been very hot here today. I cancelled my therapy as it wouldn't have been private, due to the back door being open because of the heat.My daughter came round with a salad she'd made for me. There's enough for 2 meals. I had it with a honey and mustard dressing.

Friday is grocery delivery day. I'm now well stocked for lunches and dinners.

[agate]

Is that physical therapy that you cancelled?

When I was having PT recently, I had a privacy concern too as my windows all look out on this building's back yard, where other residents sometimes pass by. I didn't really want people who are complete strangers to me seeing me doing odd-looking exercises.

[Prot]

Psychological therapy by video. Supposedly to help me get past the effects of previous bad treatment.

[agate]

Hope the therapy will help.

Undoing the harm done by previous attempts at therapy must be a challenge.

I like doctors and therapists who don't push their suggestions onto you--who recognize that it's your life and it's your decision.

My PCP, for instance. When she was doing a diabetic foot exam and noticing my bunion, she asked if the foot doctor had mentioned surgery for it. When I said he hadn't and I was glad about that, she said she hadn't ever decided whether bunion surgeries really solved any problems.

That was so helpful as I would really prefer to get along with bunions for as long as possible, actually indefinitely. It was encouraging to know that there are even doubts--at least in her mind--about whether bunionectomies really accomplish anything.

Psychiatrists can whip off prescriptions all too easily--and I think some clinical psychologists and other therapists can prescribe too? It's that kind of thinking--"My way or the highway"--that I don't find helpful.

[Prot]

Hope the therapy will help.

Undoing the harm done by previous attempts at therapy must be a challenge.

Previous mental health treatment. 60+ years with no help and support for moderate to severe executive dysfunction. Up until 2017 regarded as a character defect.