Hello, I have not been on in months. Last I wrote was almost a year ago. My father had an ICD put in, not because he had a SCA but dr's said he was a good candidate for one :-(
Since he had his ICD put in, he is just not himself. He is very depressed and is affraid to go anywhere. The only thing that keeps his mind off of his condition is when he bowls. Now that the summer has come that has stopped and he just sits around. He has two wonderful grandkids and it makes him depressed more, because he feels he can not have fun with them. I keep telling him, just to be with him and play a board game the kids are thrilled. He wanted to be the grandfather that would go out back and throw around a baseball. He is affraid to do much. He doesn't sleep very well, if he has a good nights sleep it's about 3-4 hrs tops.
I feel like I'm at a loss because I can't help him. My mom tries to talk to him and then he just gets mad.
Does anyone out there have any advise for me that I can give him. I think he needs to talk to someone but he won't do that either.
Thank you & god bless everyone.
Donna (formydad)
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Won't take antidepresssents...
- By formydad
- Posted May 21, 2009 at 8:13 pm · 4 replies
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