My mother, who turned 77 on Sept 30, was told that she needs to go on medication
for high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and then was told she needs to get
an operation to help with her anurism (sp) which is near her heart. My mother
is horrified, saying she can't believe she has to have meds and now an
operation! She's always been so healthy!
Need I say, she's been smoking 2 pks a day since she was 12? She is grossly
overweight?
And my brother, who hasn't worked an honest day's work in his life lives with
her, debilitated with his hepatitis he got as a heroin user. He was denied
social security and my mother is upset about this too (which of course means she
smokes even more.)
I am angry. Did she really think she could smoke like a chimney and it would
never catch up with her? She is wanting to move up here to live near me, and
'then' plans on quitting smoking. Does she think it'll be easier up here?
I want to write her a letter, because I can't seem to come up with the words
over the phone (we talk several times a day) YOU ARE KILLING YOURSELF. WHEN DO
YOU SUPPOSE IT'D BE A GOOD TIME TO QUIT?
We are praying she'll quit, I plan on calling my brother and telling him it's
about time he do something for her for a change and stop smoking, or she'll
never quit.
My mother will die someday, we all will. But it seems remarkable that she is
sooooo upset about this turn of events, when she knows how bad smoking is.
Oh, I'm just upset.
Any advice?
I do plan on calling her doctor and asking her point blank: what have you told
my mother about smoking? For what my mother pays for in cigarettes, she could
get enough bliss out drugs to keep the cravings at bay for months, with the
patch, gum, and a load of Xanax!
Jen


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