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Thanks for your response, Dan. His next round of labs are in another week or two, and appointment is coming up after that. This time, he's agreed that I can attend with him for support and hear from the doctor myself.
He's also now having tingling (painful) in his lower legs. He's had this in the past but it's back again. Also he's losing weight, despite eating normally. He won't get on the scale for me, but his pants have been falling off of him lately.
New symptom: cognitive problems. For example, the other day he was brushing his teeth and instead of spitting in the sink, he spit on the floor. Then this morning he was leaving the bathroom and was on his way to get dressed, but wound up in the kitchen and didn't know why. He said it was like he just forgot or spaced out.
He's only 52; he's normally quite sharp mentally. This new symptom is particularly alarming to him. It's alarming to me, too. He's always said that when you age either your mind or your body goes, and he hopes his body goes not his mind. He's the one who's smart enough to figure out all this medical stuff, not me. He's usually my memory and brain, rather than the other way around.
It would be great if this forum could give me a list of questions to ask his doctor when we go to his next appointment, so I am prepared.
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