Top 10 nada body panic-lines

May 14, 2010

First of all - how do I write a response so it appears connected to all the

others in the same topic? At first I responded to the person and it disappeared.

Now I respond to group and it comes up as a single. I'm not adept at this forum

yet.

The more I read here, the more shocked I am at the similarities between your

lives and mine. For 57 years I thought my Mom was just " unusual, unique, cranky,

weird. " But the more I read, the more I'm amazed. Now this health crisis

business sounds so much like my Mom.

When I was young and did something she didn't like (didn't wash the dishes,

vacuum or put away the ashtrays perfectly) she said I was trying to kill her. As

she got older, it was constant complaints about the horrible allergies - her

nose was running. The pain she had when waking up, she felt " paralyzed. " Her

eyes were sensitive to light, her ears were sensitive to sound so those kids in

the restaurant better shut up or she'd leave.

More recently she would have us take her to ER because she was sure she was

dying. When she got there they ask about pain level on a scale of 1 - 10. Oh,

the pain was a 12. But the whole time she was talking non-stop, even making

comments about how much fun she was having. When they did all the tests and we

sat there for 5 or 6 hours, they never found anything wrong with her and sent

her home. She would be laughing and smiling and doing her parade wave. Can't

forget the inappropriate comments she made to the young doctors about how cute

they are.

She's been going to her regular doctor every month now since last November or

so, complaining of this or that: back pain, stomach pain, head aches, heart

attack. They do tests, find nothing. So the next month she has a different body

part acting up. And medications? Oh my word! Trying to explain what she " can't

take " and why is a joke. I don't get involved with that one. I let her explain

it. I love to see the expressions on the nurses' faces when they're trying to

get her medical history and medications.

I've been worried this past year about her health, thinking at her age, she just

might be really sick. But after the last trip to ER, they made it very clear

that there's absolutely nothing wrong with any of her body parts. That gives me

peace of mind even if she thinks they're lying to her. The last time she called

me about horrible stomach pain and she wanted to let me know in case I " found

her on the floor dead " , I simply listened and told her to take it easy, rest and

call 911 if it got worse. The next morning she was fine.... of course.

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