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Since he’s still drinking, I think it
would be hard. My dad did the same things about stories. We didn’t
know they were stories at the time. When he was hospitalized and making
up these wild, wild stories, we knew something was wrong and that’s when
we looked into WKS. Before that, the stories were not outrageous and we
didn’t think anything of them or assumed he was drunk.
Does he have trouble walking? Does he
tremble? How bout his eyes? Are they able to focus, or are they
droopy? Again, a lot of those symptoms are present when a person is
drunk, so it’s hard to tell. And I’ve said it before, my dad’s
been to 5 doctors in various hospitals. 3 say he has it; 2 vehemently
deny he has it. I would look up as much as I could, read everything about
it, and then try to decide. But it is really hard when they’re
still drinking.
It’s a long, awful road. Worse
than a nightmare. I know a lot of people will tell you to get him to stop
drinking, but YOU can’t. As long as you aren’t enabling him,
there isn’t much you can do. Until he damages himself enough to
have permanent care, he won’t stop. Do what you can to protect YOU.
Put your house in your name alone, get your own bank account, get POA of him,
medical and shoot, I can’t think of it and I work for an attorney!!
The one where you can sign his name to checks, deeds, etc. Get both.
We’ve all been through what you’re
going through. Sometimes even if you just need to vent, we’re here.
Amanda
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Subject: [BULK][wernicke-korsakoff_syndrome]
Re: Im not looking to find a way to get him to quit drinking, Im loo
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I sympathize with all of you. I am
married to a 54 year old alcoholic who has alcoholic liver disease and whose
mind I believe is totally not there. My husband continues to drink 30
beers per day, repeats himself over and over, doesn't remember five minutes
later what I tell him, etc. On April 17th, our GP told him that if he
didn't stop drinking, he'd be dead in 6 mos. to a year. GP said worst
case scenario is if he lives longer, cause he could just "linger
on" for 3 years. I know my husband will never stop drinking (has
been in rehab and went to AA, stops only for a week at best). I'm just
really wondering how to find out if he truly has Wernecke's or any
other alcohol related illness (such as neuropathy) without him going to
a dr., since he won't go to one (they always give him "bad news" as
he says). Last week I went to our GP alone to talk about my
husband. GP said that hubby could linger on, doesn't know how long,
told me to say three words to him "apple, penny, chair", talk to
him for 5 mins. then ask him what the words were. I did that, hubby
couldn't remember any of them. It's hard to tell whether he can't
remember anything cause he's soooo drunk all the time or if it's
Werneckes. He is also making up stories like how he had breakfast w/his
boss (his boss doesn't even like him), how they all know he drinks at work,
but it's ok, they're gonna give him extra time off and how they always praise
his work performance. Any suggestions from all of you would help if you
can help me figure out a way to tell whether it's drunkenness talking or
Wernicke's. Thanks. And you're all in my prayers. Terri |
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