I called my mother up and I said, 'You know, I've been to the best doctors in the world and I've spent almost half a million dollars and they're telling me I have symptoms of a P.O.W. and all I did was grow up in your home.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Everyone always told me that I had the symptoms of a P.O.W.
My mom says: 'Why aren't you a doctor?' and I'm like, 'I am a doctor!' and she's all, 'No, I mean a real doctor.' She reads my books, but she says they give her a headache.
When I was in my early twenties, my mom started repeating things, asking the same questions, telling the same stories. It was like, 'Oh, God, this is not right.' When I was 25, my brother and I finally told our dad we had to take her to the doctor.
Often doctors didn't even tell you what was wrong with you. They just treated you, and sent you home.
I was told by my mother at the age of five that I was going to be a doctor, and that was the end of the conversation. I was presented with a toy stethoscope and told to learn how to use it.
I told my parents I was going to be a doctor and then a lawyer, but I never believed it and never tried.
My mother had a fear of doctors - other than her daughter marrying one.
My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
Doctors didn't know what to do with me.
You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life.