Sometimes I just feel like throwing my hands up! My father is 82 ,my father in law is 84, they tell more lies than I can keep up with. Sometimes I walk out of the docs office with tears in my eyes, because I don't have any idea who this person is that I am walking beside of. My daddy throws up everyday, but tells the doc that he only throws up once or twice a week? My father inlaw tells the doctor that he falls all the time, times that I have not been told of, or saw. But then fusses because they start talking about putting him in nursing home. Which may not be a lie, but he makes things out to be worse than they are.
My sig other who is healthy, active, still employed makes health issues way worse then it is... a headache is a start of a brain tumor.... his back hurts, it must be his kidneys. I am surprised he doesn't dial 911 for a paper cut.
Sometimes we need to go with the flow, and do a lot of eye rolling. Doctors can figure out if a patient is being honest with them just by looking at your expressions :)