Friend that won't get treatment
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| Fri, 09-26-2008 - 11:40am |
I'm having a problem w/a friend. I just found out that about a year ago when my friend got hit by a car and the ambulence took him to hospital and did some x-rays and I'm not sure if they did an MRI but he's been having a lot of pain in his hip, back, and leg, especially lately and everytime i keep on offering him a ride to the ER to get it checked out his refuses and then tells me that it feels like it's getting better when thats a total lie. All day long he lays on the couch trying to get dope or some sort of pain medication.
Now today he finally told me that the reason why he doesn't want to go to hospital is that they tried to keep him last time because they found something on his leg and they thought that it might be cancerous but that they're not sure and he is scared so he didn't stay.
How can I possibly get my friend to get treatment if he doesn't want to go? Is there anything that I can do or say, somehow convincing him to get treatment? I'm really scared here and I don't know what to do. I'm living w/this all day, everyday.
Ally

Hi, Ally.
Hi Ally, my Mother in Law had breast cancer and refused to get treatment. It took me years to get her to go to the Dr. in the first place but the minute she heard "cancer", she refused to go back. She tried to deny that she had it and even accused the Dr.s of trying to steal her money. No matter how sick she got, she refused to get help. It was awful for the rest of us to not be able to do anything. We watched her deteriorate and no matter how much begging, pleading
Karla
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