Thanks everyone for the responses, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who struggles with this. Anthony, I understand the responsibility part and I can work on that, but another part of the problem, which maybe I didn't explain, is that I'm not always aware that I need help. That's mental or physical. Half the time I'm really not aware of my body or my feelings. Like you I think I must have a high pain threshhold, or maybe I'm numb to the pain. Getting IVs for example. Most people hate that. I've had so many because of the cancer treatment... I've had them in weird places too like my head and my neck because my other veins have collapsed. Anyways the point is, the nurses are always amazed because I don't even flinch. To be honest sometimes I don't even feel the needle going in... Or, another example, I used to go 2-3 days without eating and not even realize it until I collapsed because my body ran out of energy. I forgot about eating, and I didn't feel hungry. Now I write notes to myself as reminders, plus I try to eat most meals with my family.

And when I do finally do realize something is wrong, I feel like it's not really that bad so not worth complaining about, if that makes any sense. I suppose though when I do realize it, I could tell my parents anyhow. They could decide if its serious or not. But I guess my point in all this is, half of the time I'm not choosing to not say anything, I just don't realize I'm sick, and I really don't know how to fix that part.