Hi so my dad had lung cancer last year he had op to remove it, all fine in till January wen he found out he has skin cancer near the corner of the eye, now for the last 3 weeks his memory as been really bad, he can’t remember what happened yesterday or what he had for dinner and constantly needing to no the time and asking what day is it could it be a sign of dementia or could it be to do with the cancer? He as got a doctors appointment, just wanted to no if anyone as been though s similar thing
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hi I would hate to say its one thing or another but dementia is rife in my family.
I don't think dementia would come on so quickly. See what the doctors say. What kind of skin cancer?
I worked in the medical field for 26 years. With what you described it could be dementia or if your father is on alot of medication, they could be causing him to get confused or forget things. The Dr. Can run test to see if he has the onset of Dementia. My father had a brain scan to determine if he had Dementia. He was in the hospital for 2 days and the next day was set to be discharged and he became very confused, and did not recognize our family. It happened so quickly, and he never got better. Sending prayers that you are able to find answers.
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