Ugh - I mean I get that this is probably mildly inconvenient for her - but that's the deal when you have someone who depends on your for this stuff?

And yeah - when you have someone like your Dad, who never admits to feeling bad enough to be worth going to the doctor, say "I need help" - you take it seriously. Because either a) it is different/scary enough to make him think it is serious or b)something has changed in his way of thinking that makes minor things scary - and either of those things is New!Different! and should be looked at?