His response was, it’s because every time someone changes my shirt they hurt my scalp. My dad is 101 and a clear mind. It hurts so deeply when he says that because my husband and I have put our lives on hold to care for him. I do not sleep as he gets up three to four times a night to go to the bathroom. I feel like he doesn’t give me any credit for what I do. My brother has said he will not care for him and never calls.
As Dad cannot see his scalp, he can only go by how it feels.
My Dad has had innumerable skin cancers over the last 15 of 20 years. The ones on his back are removed by the doctor, the ones he can reach, back of his hands, face, etc, are treated with a chemo drug in an ointment. They are itchy and Dad cannot help himself, he does scratch them, yes even while sleeping.