Sowelu
October 25th, 2002, 10:09 PM
Greetings Everyone
I had quite a....upsetting evening. My mother, who is diabetic, came over to visit. My mother is a very stubborn woman. She has sores on her legs, and her feet are in real bad shape...not to mention that she is overweight. As she was getting up to leave, she fell to the ground. With all my strength I tried to help her back up, but it didn't work. She sat there on the ground for a while until she got the strength to get up. I stood by, feeling totally helpless as she sat there and cried because she feared she was going to never be able to walk again. I found out that her legs and feet were worse than I had thought. Her legs, covered in sores, were severely swollen due to water retention. As I tried to help her get up she broke a couple of the sores which were now leaking fluid. Her legs feel hard to the touch, and her stomach is swelling as well. A while back she had fallen while she was moving some boxes down a few steps. Every since then she has had problems with her back, and with walking.
My mom ended up in the hospital 2 or 3 times last year for not taking care of her diabetes.
Basically, here's my point; My mother is stubborn. She doesn't eat right, drinks Diet. Pepsi like it's going out of style, and she gets no exersize
I have harped on my mother time and time again to eat right....go to the hospital....do this...do that. She DOESN'T listen to me:mad:
I don't know what to do. What do you do when you see a loved one suffering, even after you have tried to persuade them to see a doctor. She has a doctor she see's but says that all he says to her is "Lose weight". This is frusterating and heart-breaking to both myself and my children.
I don't know what else to do....Does anyone have any words of advice or suggestions they can give me?:(
I had quite a....upsetting evening. My mother, who is diabetic, came over to visit. My mother is a very stubborn woman. She has sores on her legs, and her feet are in real bad shape...not to mention that she is overweight. As she was getting up to leave, she fell to the ground. With all my strength I tried to help her back up, but it didn't work. She sat there on the ground for a while until she got the strength to get up. I stood by, feeling totally helpless as she sat there and cried because she feared she was going to never be able to walk again. I found out that her legs and feet were worse than I had thought. Her legs, covered in sores, were severely swollen due to water retention. As I tried to help her get up she broke a couple of the sores which were now leaking fluid. Her legs feel hard to the touch, and her stomach is swelling as well. A while back she had fallen while she was moving some boxes down a few steps. Every since then she has had problems with her back, and with walking.
My mom ended up in the hospital 2 or 3 times last year for not taking care of her diabetes.
Basically, here's my point; My mother is stubborn. She doesn't eat right, drinks Diet. Pepsi like it's going out of style, and she gets no exersize
I have harped on my mother time and time again to eat right....go to the hospital....do this...do that. She DOESN'T listen to me:mad:
I don't know what to do. What do you do when you see a loved one suffering, even after you have tried to persuade them to see a doctor. She has a doctor she see's but says that all he says to her is "Lose weight". This is frusterating and heart-breaking to both myself and my children.
I don't know what else to do....Does anyone have any words of advice or suggestions they can give me?:(