Fibromyalgia
I'm tired of being scared for my mom.
Everytime I see her, I either have anxiety attacks or I get sick.
She has fibromyalgia (which is pretty much a big word for bad muscle pains) and she blows it totally out of proportion by telling me she thinks she's having heart problems.
I tried to reassure her by applying a good amount of pressure under her left breast and asking her if she felt any pain. She almost ended up hitting me because it hurt her too much. Now, if we think logically, me pressing on a muscle wouldn't be hurting her if there was a problem with her heart.
She's been through every medical tests possible. Nothing's wrong with her. The only 'internal' problem she has is her high cholesterol which is being well controlled by pills.
Yet, she insists on driving me fucking bananas by calling me at night, saying stuff like "Im going to die" while bawling her eyes out. I understand it hurts, but she refuses to ask her doctor about pain killers. She refuses to even try pot which has been proved helpful when it comes to arthritis (sp?) and fibromyalgia.
If she doesn't want to help herself, she needs to suck it up and stop dragging me into this. It's not normal that I lie awake in bed at night thinking my mom's about to die when she's a healthy 44 year old woman. I'm getting angry at myself for getting stressed over this. If only she knew the pain she puts ME through.
Everytime I see her, I either have anxiety attacks or I get sick.
She has fibromyalgia (which is pretty much a big word for bad muscle pains) and she blows it totally out of proportion by telling me she thinks she's having heart problems.
I tried to reassure her by applying a good amount of pressure under her left breast and asking her if she felt any pain. She almost ended up hitting me because it hurt her too much. Now, if we think logically, me pressing on a muscle wouldn't be hurting her if there was a problem with her heart.
She's been through every medical tests possible. Nothing's wrong with her. The only 'internal' problem she has is her high cholesterol which is being well controlled by pills.
Yet, she insists on driving me fucking bananas by calling me at night, saying stuff like "Im going to die" while bawling her eyes out. I understand it hurts, but she refuses to ask her doctor about pain killers. She refuses to even try pot which has been proved helpful when it comes to arthritis (sp?) and fibromyalgia.
If she doesn't want to help herself, she needs to suck it up and stop dragging me into this. It's not normal that I lie awake in bed at night thinking my mom's about to die when she's a healthy 44 year old woman. I'm getting angry at myself for getting stressed over this. If only she knew the pain she puts ME through.