I am really sorry that you had such a life threatening problem. I hope you will get better soon. I can relate to your post 100%.

I never thought of calling my parents when:

1) I was physically assaulted by a female stalker and had to testify in court against her to get a permanent restraining order.

2) I had a life threatening allergic shock (I am allergic to many things).

3) My ex husband became abusive during the divorce.

4) My dog died with cancer.

I mean what's the point? They will come, cause drama, shame you for what happened and say it was your fault and make everything about them.

Example: When I eventually had to tell my father that the dog passed away he became terribly upset, he has an autoimmune disease that had an outbreak and he needed to be hospitalized for a week and in the end he accused me of being selfish for "adopting an old dog since I knew he is sensitive and can't handle stressful situations and I didn't care".

All of this while I was still heartbroken for the dog.

Lesson learned though. I only talk to him about the most mundane, stupid topics and he doesn't get information about any serious topics and that's all he deserves.