I have my wife with me who is... a great, great support to me because when we are having sometimes the discussions, she's always with me, when I'm with my doctor, my GP, my cardiologist, talk with the team down at the transplant unit, she's always with me, at my request. I don't think she always wants to come with me but I always say please come in with me because, you know, two sets of ears are always better than one, and then to have somebody you can discuss it with, to say you know, 'When he said such and such, what do you think he meant?' is far better than saying, 'He said such and such, what do you think?' because they've actually heard it as well and they've heard and in the connotation etc., so I would always say you know when you are in a consultation always have a second party with you. Plus the fact, you tend sometimes to wander, that's a pretty broad statement, I tend to sometimes... my mind wanders off the point a little, you know I'll still be thinking about something they've said to me, and they've gone onto something else and I've sort of missed a wee bit, so it is always better to have somebody with you. |
