How do you help your loved one that has taken every possible medication for every possible ailment and nothing is working? The medicine the doctor prescribes doesn't work. The OTC medicine doesn't work. Now I just leave and go to another room. I know it sounds cold but I am at my wits end.
@NancyH, She sees her "regular" doctor every 3 to 4 months and that dr does blood work. My MIL has diabetes which is managed by pills, heart disease and a thyroid problem. I don't know what all is tested but I do know the dr checks her cholesterol and blood sugar. I will request a full blood panel. She has an appointment in 2 weeks.
@JessieBelle I will check into the gynecologist. I am sure that she has not had that area check since ????. Also, she doesn't go to the dentist. She has dentures. I would venture to guess that the last time she saw a dentist was when she got her dentures at a dental school in North Carolina some 40 years ago.
Up until 5 years ago when I quit work to stay at home did I become her primary caregiver. I take her to doctor appointments, administer her medicine, and I make sure she eats right. She began falling 2 to 3 times a month and I got to noticing that the days that she would have a fall is when she was not taking her medicine. She is having short term memory loss which I told the doctor and she wasn't as concerned as I was. I am concerned with her developing Alzheimer's or dementia.
For the mouth sores -- see a doctor that works with the oral cavity. Call your mother's dentist to see if he handles this type of thing. It may be yeast in her mouth, but it could also be problems with her tooth roots. Unless you know what is going on, you won't be able to treat it. Does she have white plaques on her tongue or cheek? or sores alone? If you don't see the white coating, it is probably not yeast. It may be a dental problem.