I agree. I tried the prodding part last summer - heck, my dad had just died really young and all I could think about was, "Okay, you have high blood pressure and you need to take care of it." And I pushed, probably too hard. I feel bad about that but I also know it came from a good place. I don't like to nag about things like chores or stupid crap, but when it comes to the person I want to raise a family with, you BET I want them to be around long-term!
I definitely don't fall into the "it worked for me, you do it" camp but I /do/ wish she would be concerned, too, and come up with some sort of plan. She saw a nutritionist last November who was really awesome and I really thought that was going to be a turning point - she came home with a list of good foods and suggestions and said she was giving up caffiene and I was SO excited. (At the time we thought she was going to do the baby carrying and this was a step in that direction. Then I realized that she was not ready at all and I couldn't wait, so I stepped up.)
Health stuff is just so scary for me. Dead Dad aside, I come from some pretty strong stock of long-living people. My grandparents are still doing well in their own home in their late 80s, and my mom's mom is 80something as well. My great-grandmother lived to be (I think) 93 and mean as a goat! So I'm not used to people who have a lot of medical procedures, who go to the doctor a lot (she's probably gone 1-2 times/week for the last month), who take a ton of pills, who are always tired, etc. It is so foreign to me and so, so scary.
I just hope that she sees where this is headed and wants to stop it.
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I definitely don't fall into the "it worked for me, you do it" camp but I /do/ wish she would be concerned, too, and come up with some sort of plan. She saw a nutritionist last November who was really awesome and I really thought that was going to be a turning point - she came home with a list of good foods and suggestions and said she was giving up caffiene and I was SO excited. (At the time we thought she was going to do the baby carrying and this was a step in that direction. Then I realized that she was not ready at all and I couldn't wait, so I stepped up.)
Health stuff is just so scary for me. Dead Dad aside, I come from some pretty strong stock of long-living people. My grandparents are still doing well in their own home in their late 80s, and my mom's mom is 80something as well. My great-grandmother lived to be (I think) 93 and mean as a goat! So I'm not used to people who have a lot of medical procedures, who go to the doctor a lot (she's probably gone 1-2 times/week for the last month), who take a ton of pills, who are always tired, etc. It is so foreign to me and so, so scary.
I just hope that she sees where this is headed and wants to stop it.