What do you do? What can I do to get the neurologist to listen to me? Maybe I'm not articulating it correctly, but he isn't getting what I'm saying. The other day he had to ask me where we were. I thought I would cry. I didn't but I wanted to. Help!
Not sure what you mean by 'where we were' but when visiting others here have made a list to take to the doctor. I have one that tells my observations of they he does or doesn't do. Since he has only been diagnosed with aMCI, it mostly has to do with how his memory is different from before.
Others here do it and hand it to the nurse for the doctor to read before they get there. I also am going to include questions I have.
When I had John here at home, his neurologist had asked me to keep a journal of his daily activities, behaviors, etc. It helped me, too, to endure what was happening.
Is the neurologist a Memory Disorder Specialist? That is very important. You need to go to the right type of neurologist. But in any case, the other's suggestions are right on - make a list of everything he does that is a change from what used to be his normal behavior.
Can you use email to communicate with the doctor? Since my husband's dx I've done this with our internist and the neuro--to apprise them of things I can't discuss in front of my husband. It's been very helpful--I don't think too many patients are doing this--so it gets a good response.
I always have a print out of questions and notes for the doctor to read. Because of the rules at Baylor, they don't want particular patient information to be transmitted through their email (?)...so I give the notes to the nurse as soon as we arrive and the doctor has read them before she comes into the examination room. I have Astericks on items not to discuss in front of my husband...and we discuss those outside afterwards when he is in the exam room. If I don't write everything down - I will surely forget something.