My dad suffered a severe accident a couple of years ago. He hurt his head badly and had to be operated on. After that he was in Intensive Care for over a month and had to be sent to a rehabilitation center to re-learn all the basics (speaking, eating, drinking and walking). He really did well and can now manage on his own, but since his recent memory seemed to take longer to come to normal, we visited a specialist in neurology who diagnosed him with AD - early stages, he said. Can an accident like the one he suffered trigger this disease? What are we supposed to do whenever he insists on being right about anything which is totally wrong; should we try to make him understand? We're really confused about this point...Thanks for your help!
You and you’re family should be speaking with his doctor to see if this is temporary amnesia or AD.
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Hi Air,
Tough stuff. I'm of the opinion that it is really important to say the truth. I know I would want to know if I was totally off the wall. What would you want for yourself. GOod luck. !
Hi air,
Welcome to Caring's community. I'm really glad you joined us.
I've got a member of our family that suffered with a brain tumor and still deals with pretty significant memory issues. I was reading an article on Caring.com that made me think we are dealing with dementia rather than Alzheimer's. I didn't know there were so many causes.
I'm certainly not questioning the neurologist's diagnosis. That article may just give you food for questions to ask the doctor. I feel like it's really important for a child to really understand and have faith in a diagnosis for their parent. I'm in the process of helping my mom get a second opinion about some surgery recommended for her. The doc hasn't done a good job at making us feel like it's important enough to accept the risk.
And like Rebecca said, I'm a believer in stating the truth. If dad is giving you a problem with insisting he's right may be less about the details of the conversation and more about him wanting to be the dad. I can prove my dad wrong about something and he'll still insist there is merit to what he's saying. It's frustrating...and concerning to me. How I usually handle it, though, is say, "I just wanted you to have good information in case you need it later." That way I give him the right facts without a confrontation. If he continues to debate I just smile and say something like "we'll need to agree to disagree." and move on with something positive. I used to fight harder to really try to convince him and that whole thing just exhausted me emotionally. It wasn't worth it.
I'll be thinking about you!
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