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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP--I can't really have a frank conversation with my dad's doctors in front of him because my parents are in denial. They are expecting my dad to "get better" and do not want to hear otherwise. And what do I know, maybe he will improve somewhat...but lately he hardly gets out of bed. We are alert to the issue of bedsores and the risk of infection/sepsis. [/quote] I'm really sorry. That's hard. My dad is in denial about my mom's Parkinson's, but not to that degree, and it still really sucks. Like he doesn't feel any urgency to move out of their house - which requires my mom to go up and down stairs - because he thinks that it's important for her to get that exercise. I think he really doesn't get that the stairs also put her life at risk. Could you ask the doc if you could give them a call, without your dad there? Or schedule a consult just for the two of you?[/quote]
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