She's on all kinds of meds - cholesterol drugs, pain killers, laxatives, pills for her ulcers, you name it, probably antidepressants also. And you're right, it would take a lot of perseverance on her part, and I don't honestly know if she's up to it.
But I just watched my dad die from cancer less than a year ago, and I'm convinced that he didn't have to die that kind of a death. So I'm trying to convince my mother that there is another way. Whether she is willing to work with me or not, I don't know yet. But I have to have a plan.