Why doesn’t Dad take his health seriously?
It sounds like you need to get very tough with him. I agree with you, this is no laughing matter and it always pains me when a parent is not taking their health seriously, leaving it to their children to press them on the issue.
I think the first thing you need to do is get rid of the cigarettes. It is common knowledge that smoking can cause lung cancer and emphysema, but I find it particularly concerning that the average American seems unaware of the damage they are doing to their arteries by smoking. If he continues to smoke, he will continue to damage his arteries and have strokes and heart attacks. If you really want to make this "not a laughing matter", I would start by throwing away his cigarettes and telling him you will not buy anymore. Next, I would enlist the help of your doctor to lecture him at an appointment about the need to stop smoking and the need to take his medications as prescribed. His doctor may also be able to prescribe him a medicine that curbs the craving of the cigarettes.
Get tough. It is selfish of him to act so care-free about this serious issue.
Just wondering if there is some other sympton way before when a person has a stroke (5 things to check)that maybe could help a person realize this is serious and I should take care of myself.
my stroke did not stop my smoking.my becoming a diabetic did and i quit in june of 09. that was my wakeup call.I agree /drs now smoking causes more damage to our bodies than we know.when he gets out of breath going to the bathroom he will wonder why.Also by quitting it brings the blood pressure down.Smoking does constrict the blood vessels in our bods,but a smoker will not listenbeen there and done that
