My mother is 70, has kidney disease and a couple of stents. She is close to needing dialysis as in will prob be in next year or two. She is on a few different meds plus takes sleeping tablet.
She is very tired with the kidney disease, I do understand that but if I suggest anything other then just letting her give out, she gets annoyed with me. Her diet is awful and she does no exercise but I have stopped suggesting these things as she gets defensive.
Anyway, she is obsessed with side effects and googling different things. I get weekly texts about something she has googled and that she wants to come off such a such a medication because it causes some side effect.
She has been getting dizzy spells for a few weeks but has low iron and is awaiting an infusion in next couple of weeks. Doc said this is prob reason for it. She has gone through her meds and found that one she is on causes dizziness and wants to come off it!!! I just text back saying, if you google any side effect of any drug dizziness will be one of them..anyway again she has texted back really sarcastically saying don't worry about her, forget about it etc that she doesn't trust doctors etc. how should I react when she bounces these things off me?
I'm just fed up as I'm her sounding board, I get all the negativity and moaning. I see her most days and most days she is giving out but yet never moans to anyone else. She says it herself that she just complains to me and I just feel fed up with it.
I feel bad because she is single and obviously has health concerns but I'm just so sick of getting these stupid texts when she knows I don't agree!