My mother is 71. She can be so stubborn. She can be unreal at times.
Earlier in the week she told me she thinks she has a UTI but she can't fully describe her symptoms. She had an over the counter medicine - UTIpro. I wasn't too keen on it because she said she had symptoms on Saturday but it was only Monday when she started that medicine. I thought it was time for the doctor and antibiotics. I don't live in the UK where pharmacists can prescribe medicine for UTI.
I encouraged my mother all week to make an appointment with her GP.
Yesterday morning - she turned full on crazy angry. I think it was likely UTI related. It was over the tumble dryer. I asked her if it was on for long and she fucking flipped at me with rage. An hour later acted as if nothing happened.
She's up and moving about this morning. She finally made and appointment but it's for tomorrow.
She only made an appointment because my own health condition flared up and I have an infection in my bowel. So all morning I spoke about how nice my GP was and I can't ignore this and I have antibiotics now and the GP was so lovely and all morning. That was the thing that prompted my mother into making an appointment with her GP. Just to copy me. If I encourgaged her she would have fought it every way.
Also she now has a rash that is blisters on her neck. And she's going because of that. She is dead straight in telling me that it's food allergy but she never had that before and I think it's absolutely connected together. The rash and her ignoring likely UTI symptoms.
I was in an impossible situation if I rang the GP for a house call my mother would have killed me. She wasnt too bad for an ambulance. I don't have a car where I could trick her to get into it and bring her to A+E.
I asked her to phone her GP again and see if they can see her today for an emergency but she won't do that.
My nerves are shot. I can't believe she is so ignorant and stubborn and ignored this all week long until it's getting worse. I mean like who the hell wants to go to hospital. She's also just like a toddler where I have to coax her and bribe her and trick her and use reverse psychology on her where I had to go to my own doctor for a flare up and bowel infection and that prompted her.
Should I go to work later or will I have to stay with her in case she deteriotes.
Needless to say I will have to come up with a plan this evening to go to her appointment with her tomorrow morning in case the GP sends her to the hospital because she won't go there.
How the fuck do some old people make life so hard and complicated. I am absolutely astonished. This shouldn't have been so hard to phone her GP earlier in the week.