She will go to the doctor but it takes her several hours to get ready and she has to have the latest appointment possible meaning she can't get lab work done. The doctor won't spend but 5 minutes with her. Doesn't even notice how much weight she has lost. She has a check up in two weeks. She won't take her medicine. And she lost half her hearing due to her old doctor not caring about her either. I feel so helpless but I am mad at the doctor to for not doing anything!
Your mom needs to see a good psychiatrist to help her overcome her depression, because her PCP is obviously not addressing her underling issue(s).
Is your Mom seeing a PCP or an endocrinologist? I am assuming the doctor does his own labs? If so, ask him for an order you can take to an independent lab and have sent to his office. Then u can take Mom in the afternoon. You can't blame the doctor when the patient won't comply. Labs are very important. They show if the meds are even working. They are adjusted by how the lab report reads. Doctor can't do his job without those labs.
Her hearing, is the doctor ur talking about her PCP? He can't do anything about her hearing. He can recommend an Eye, Ears and nose Doctor, give a referral. But he can't give her an exam. If she does not follow thru, there is nothing her PCP can do. Its all up to Mom. She has to get her labs done, she has to take her pills, she has to see the appropriate doctor. Your blaming the wrong people.
I agree, maybe Mom should be tested for a Dementia.
Since she is non compliant on several issues, what do you expect the doctor can do for her? She needs labs. Without them, doctor has little to work with.
Also, the doctor didn’t cause her to lose half her hearing. Something else did. She needs to go to a hearing specialist.
She has way more problems than depression.