Be Careful What You Wish For

So because we don't want too many days of boring routine, along comes today to stir things up a bit. To make a long story short, my dad had a strange day in that he suddenly found himself in his truck in the middle of his work day not sure of where he was, not sure of what he was doing, not sure of where he was going. He pulled off to the side of the road and retrieved a map to help guide him to the house where he'd been working earlier, a house he'd been to countless times. He has no recollection of calling my mom to wish her happy birthday during the morning (happy birthday, mom!), he has no recollection of calling his doctor to make an appointment this morning, an appointment which he missed while mapping his way back to his job site.

The lady of the house where he returned drove him to his doctor who then told him to go to the emergency room to make sure he hadn't suffered a TIA (similar to a mini stroke). Conclusion: all the blood work, CATscan, other various tests show no abnormalities. He was taken off a couple of medicines that he was finishing up as part of his prostrate cancer treatment. He has gotten little sleep lately (got up 12 times during the night last night), has been under some stress and probably hasn't eaten great or kept hydrated. So....perhaps it's a combination of all those things---meds, exhaustion, dehydration. Who knows. But knowing that big chunks of the day have completely disappeared from his radar screen has been frustrating for him. I can only imagine that it'd be a scary feeling.

Strangely, a very similar thing happened to my mother-in-law a month or so ago. Almost the exact thing, so it was a bit of deja vu when I was telling her about my dad. Scary stuff. A little strange. A little weird. Is this what growing older is like.....really?? Well, I'm gonna pick a different way. My way's gonna have much fewer health issues and is gonna be way more fun. By then my laundry should be done.