Worry
So we all know that my mother got gastric bypass back around thanksgiving time frame. As far as gastric is concerned, she’s doing fine with and has lost close to 50 lbs so far. Any difficulties and problems that she may have had concerning the surgery have been standard with the experiences of other patients.
Okay, so why am I worried?
My mother has been off her medication for 3 months and due to a recent conversation has told me she doesn’t have bi-polar.
Then what the hell has she been going through since I was a teenager in high school? You can’t have bipolar one second and then not have it. Of course, I didn’t immediately say that. I actually suggested, which I know to be a possibility, that the chemistry her body is going through at the moment is messing with her levels and have her feeling healthy at the moment. What I’m concerned about is what will happen when her body reaches equilibrium and those current levels go back to being abnormal?
She’s promised me that her doctor is currently only a phone call away. I guess I just need to trust her to make the right decisions and remind myself that I’m the daughter not the mother.
You are being concerned, not motherly in my opinion. I hope her transition is not a rough one.
Comment by B Sheep — February 27, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
It sounds like your worry is justified. Does she have any sort of emergency plan set up with her doctor in case her sympotms come back with a vengeance?
Comment by Kim — March 4, 2007 @ 8:30 pm
hopefully things work out well for her.
Comment by Karnov — March 9, 2007 @ 8:19 am
B Sheep - I’ve always felt that the roles have been reversed. I catch myself wanting to tell her what to do… to me that’s being motherly for some reason.
Kim - She claims her doctor is only a phone call away. I have a feeling that she hasn’t bothered to talk to him since her surgery.
Karnov - I hope so too.
Comment by ladylore — March 12, 2007 @ 11:46 am