My parents are the same way. Niether is in good health, but they always get to feeling better when it's time to go to the doc. Both my mom and dad have had TIA's--my dad has had so many the docs didn't even try to count them on the brain scan.
A little story you might tell your dad. My dad had a stroke a couple years ago. When we found him, he couldn't sit up, couldn't speak, couldn't use his right side at all--scared us bad.
We live out in the country, so we called 911 to tell them we were headed to the hospital, describe the truck we were in, and request they alert the highway patrol because we weren't stopping if they tried to pull us over (they didn't). We live so far out that we can be at the hospital before an ambulance gets there.
Well, before we get there my dad recovers--100%. He really was in bad shape, and he really did get over it that fast--speech came back, movement came back--normal as could be. He said forget it, just take him back home, he was fine. My brother and I insisted he go on the ER.
After the tests were run, we found out he'd suffered two massive strokes, either of which should have killed him, and he was a walking time-bomb--if he hadn't gone on to the doc (even though he was "fine" and had fully recovered), he would have had another massive stroke in no time and chances are he wouldn't have been so lucky again.
It's hard for some of these tough old guys to admit they ain't as young as they once were, and they might need to check in with a doc once in a while.
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