MMD, I don't think my mother would do anything to be intentionally malicious, but I think it is more along the lines that she doesn't understand. I think she has a problem accepting a MI because it isn't something that can be "seen". If you have the flu, you run a fever, if you sprain your ankle, it will swell. Not to mention the treatment is complicated and unsure. If you have a headache, you can take a couple aspirin, you don't have to spend a couple years finding out which kinds of aspirin you can take, and it what dose, and which combinations so that you get more relief than side effects.