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In reply to the discussion: I'm struggling. [View all]AirmensMom
(14,642 posts)And if she does get it, it won't be bad. I am encouraged that she is afraid of being a carrier and could infect others, which she does not want to do.
She has always been healthy. It's a curse, actually. My in-laws were healthy until they died. Literally. They never got checkups or saw doctors for anything. Never took any meds. He died of heart failure. MIL was found unconscious in her car with a torn aorta and septicemia and died in the hospital hours later.
One time, years ago, our daughter fell on her rollerblades and skinned her leg. We lived 12 hours away. It was painful, but she didn't say anything that worried us. A few days later, something she said made us tell her to see a doctor NOW. She had a raging infection that could have cost her leg if she had waited.
She just doesn't believe that anything bad will happen to her. She is the exact opposite of me in that sense. I expect the worse almost as a matter of course. Then again, I've had several brushes with death.