Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD View Post

I am very angry at her stubbornness and inability to ask for help way back when.
It doesn't help that I sat there and could do nothing
until she took a fall and then decided to go to the hospital.
DON'T beat yourself up over this, Richard!

You're a long way from being the 'only one' with a Stubborn Mom!


Most Moms seem to have snuck off and taken a class titled "How to
Ignore all the Heathy Stuff we taught the Kids".

If you don't yet have it, TRY to get Mom to sign a "Medical Power of Attorney"
so the YOU have the right to talk to her doctors and insist
(possibly over her objections) that she be treated in the way the doctors
feel is best for her condition. At the very least it gives you the right to
discuss her ailments and participate in deciding upon treatments.

And no matter HOW *frustrated* you get - remember -
the only things she really wants are , {{{HUGS}}}, and SMILES ~
nothing else really matters.