Just found out my mom has a wicked case of shingles. Ouch!
A little window into my mom's brain:
She went to the doc yesterday for her shingles. Doc refused to treat her.
Why? Because he'd earlier told her she needed bloodwork done, and she ignored him three times this year and didn't get it done, because she doesn't like getting lab work done. So he looked at her records, and told her, "Until I see your bloodwork, I'm not treating you beyond some general tips about OTC treatments. Get your bloodwork done and come back."
Why doesn't she like getting bloodwork done? Because most of her indicators are out of whack...way out of whack. Cholesterol over 500, A1C around 10, blood pressure through the roof...so she just prefers to ignore it.
When she does get it, like she will this time, her doc sets up a treatment plan and...she immediately ignores every bit of it. She thinks all medical people are crooked and so she'll go online and follow some quack websites and do things like pay for special restorative tea that cures/prevents cancer, or rubs grapefruit peels on her feet to manage her blood pressure, or other stuff equally looney.
She's the only person I know who's been fired by her doctor. Think about that, bearing in mind that healthcare in the US is largely for-profit...her previous doctor, after several years of going around and around on this with her, dropped her and told her to find someone else, because he was tired of being completely ignored.
What's worse, she goes to the doc for a problem, refuses their advice, gets worse, then badmouths the docs for not helping her. She doesn't see the connection.
Talk later, sweetie 
no more pain
I’m relieved for you, bene cara 
