{"id":1121,"date":"2021-06-14T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthcare.tinamichaelidou.gr\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2025-02-23T09:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T07:20:51","slug":"%cf%86%cf%8c%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%bc%ce%ae%cf%82-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-%ce%bc%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%bc%cf%80%ce%ac-%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%85-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1%cf%84%cf%81%cf%8c-%cf%84%ce%b7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthcare.tinamichaelidou.gr\/en\/%cf%86%cf%8c%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%bc%ce%ae%cf%82-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-%ce%bc%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%bc%cf%80%ce%ac-%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%85-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1%cf%84%cf%81%cf%8c-%cf%84%ce%b7\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to my dad & my heart doctor!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tribute to my dad & my heart doctor!<\/strong> is the article I wrote for the June 2021 issue of the magazine \u201cCommunication about Alzheimer's disease\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201c*In memory of Andreas P. Michaelides (Associate Professor of Cardiology, First University Cardiology Clinic, Hippocrates Hospital of Athens)*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember like it was yesterday when my dad was diagnosed with dementia. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

I knew from him, as he was a doctor, that dementia is incurable and that at some point the person passes away because in the final stages they refuse to eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I heard the neurologist tell us the diagnosis, all the negative thoughts went through my mind, especially the worst one, that my dad would "leave".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked the neurologist if there was any treatment - even if it was experimental - and how many years it would last for me, and she always told me... <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"Look to enjoy these moments and try to accept that she is suffering from dementia, because you are young and you need to be strong."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At first, this answer made me angry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how can I be happy and stay calm and make a decision?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My studies in Social Theology, as well as at the Gennimata Hospital of Athens in the Specialty of Special Diseases Neurology-Psychiatry, as well as the fact that my dad was a doctor, helped me become stronger. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

For more than 4 years with my dad's health problems, I tried as much as I could to be by his side and provide him with the best quality of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, during my two and a half years of practice and training at the hospital, I loved my patients and wanted to help them get well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to make them genuinely smile, even just a little, like I did to my dad every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got involved in Neurology because I wanted to help other patients and relatives cope with the new realities of neurological diseases, but also to help them as best I could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, the promise I made to my dad was to always take care of my patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a caregiver, it was my honor to help my dad as much as I could, just as he did when I was sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To caregivers who are taking care of their own loved ones, I will only say to have strength and if they feel the need to seek help from a specialist, to do so, there is no shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, my dad's doctors - regardless of specialty - helped me realize that at some point he would "go away."<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope that in the future there will be no such illnesses that deprive you of your loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my dad,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all those patients suffering from Dementia and Alzheimer's,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all those caregivers who fight every day for their loved ones, but also to stand on their own feet,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For all those patients I helped and are now well,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those patients who "left" in my arms and I cried with their relatives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tina (Panagiota) A. Michaelidou Theologian-Nursing Assistant-Author\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tribute to my dad & my heart doctor!<\/strong> and Words from the heart\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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