As many of you will know, Ali has rapidly been losing faith in her PM Team due to a number of reasons but mainly the way the "talk-down" to her and treat her as a small child and not a soon-to-be teenager facing a difficult battle against pain
As such she is asked at every physio session is anything worrying her, is she scared of something, does what she reads on boards such as this frighten her etc etc etc.
It seems to her like they are trying to blame her in some way for not getting better and for the meds they prescribe not having any effect
Yesterday she finally told me that at the last appointment she was asked by the Physio "...If your house was on fire and you were upstairs alone, do you think you would be able to get out of there ???"
Bear in mind that Ali developed severe coordination and balance problems after a bier block and hasn't walked since July. How do you think this made her feel..? It did nothing for her confidence even though she did say she wouldn't be able to walk but she'd get out by shuffling around on her bottom !!!
The problem was that it made her realise just how vulnerable and dependant she is at the moment
Maybe they were trying to shock her - if that was the intention then it worked !!!!
Our Physio acts like an amateur psychologist all the time and I am at a loss as to how to handle this as Ali now hates the thought of going and being subjected to more questions about her mindset
She hates being in a wheelchair, hates being in pain and desperately wants to get better so why do people in the medical profession act as though she doesn't want to get better and is happy to stay like this for the rest of her life
It is so frustrating to be in this situation
Any ideas why the Physios would ask these questions and has anyone experienced something similar
Thanks
Andrea