Jaylee, you have put it more eloquently than I managed! And the vitamin B12 query had also occurred to me Brunneria. I'd feel a bit cheeky asking the GP for a B12 check so soon after twisting his arm for a Vitamin D check!
I think I'll run it past the DN first, since I have my annual check on Monday anyway, as a prelude to seeing my GP about it.
What was the cause for the symptoms in your Dad
@Jaylee?
Hi Sunspots,
OK, background on my dad.. At the time he was a fit for age slim guy who looked younger than his years. He'd "officially retred" about 3 times but enjoyed getting up for a job, so carried on with employment. An occasional smoker out of the sight of us kids & a drinker, he'd stopped al that 30 years previously.. Diagnoed a T2 in his late 70's? He was not the sort of bloke to like a fuss...
So. This is where the "car thing" kind of rings bells for me.
About ten years ago I had a call at work from my dad. (We don't speak much.) His words were "I think I may have had a stroke".
I tore round the house took him to A&E & he was admitted & diagnosed with what they call a "mini stroke" after tests it was found that he'd only lost the use of his left arm.. After I argued with professionals he always spoke like that through clenched teeth.. He was a quiet man.
He actually recovered & after a brief spell was proclaimed by his doc fit enough to drive. He even went back to work at his part time job!
I mentioned that he was the sort to "not make a fuss"... I believe he suffered another series of these "mini strokes" but kept on blagging normal life until he finally got caught out... The clues In hindsight for me were there. Including an episode one morning I visited when he was revving the nuts of his car on the drive. When I intervened he told me the "clutch had gone."
He's no mechanic, but I am, & an inspection on the master cylinder & hydraulics for any leaks & then a test run proved the vehicle in great running order.
He seemed ok for a while & then my mum called me up about 6 years ago.
They had come back from a shopping trip, he'd stalled the car at a junction & forgotten how to drive. Which freaked my mum out.
A passer by drove them home (my mum can't drive.) & an ambulance was called to their address..
He was diagnosed with dimentia..
I feel the succession of mini strokes may have exacerbated this....& so did his doc.
Hence why I urge a Doctors appointment...
