Ulcers, ouch!

I am now feeling a mixture of sadness and anger in me. I am angry with my mum, not becos she did something wrong, but becos she is sick but refuse to eagerly seek medical help.

Very unfortunately, she got contracted with this v funny mouth ucler problem which has been plauging her for more than a year. The ulcers will come, get healed after a week or so, go away, and then come back again. In other words, the mouth is seldom 'free from ulcers' as many can appear at the same time. The doc has given me the name of this illness, but i nv keep it cos i thot it isnt tat serious. Anybody knows the correct name for it??!?

My mum has been refered around diff departments of the hospital to seek medical help. But the docs always tell her that there is currently 'no medicine' to heal this illness, and altogether there are only abt 6 patients with this symptoms, and my mum is the worst case. And we were told that some ppl take 10-20 yrs to heal, while most will never get healed for life.

My mum always complain abt the pains she is experiencing, esp taking meals. To me, her life is like so unbearable and toturing. Just imagine having many ulcers in your mouth everyday. I told her that since there is no western medical cure for it, she shld try Chinese medicine. But somehow she is jus soooooooooo stubborn and refuse to visit the chinese doctors. To make thing worse, she has decided to stop going for western medical treatment too, cos she said it has been money wasting visiting the doctors who cannot provide her a cure.

I really feel very miserable and terrible imagine my mum in constant pain. What has she done to deserve all these.. .sigh. But after reading the internet forums, i realise many many many other ppl all over the world are experiencing similar pains - that somehow made me feel better. There were also many suggestions given which some patients claimed to have cured their ulcers.

Instead of getting pissed and worried, i think i shld start hunting around for potential cures for her. No pt sitting back to wait for the incompetent doctors.