Question: hi my name is XXXX but this question is for a friend of mine. My friend XXXX, who is 67 years old, he has been physically active most of his life, like he used to ride the bike about 4 miles a day, and is thin. about 7 weeks ago, he had body aches, and didn't feel good, he thought it was the flu, and it got worse, so he went to emergency room,and they gave him an "IV" cause he was dehydrated they said, so he got a little better after that , but not much, then he went to a walk in clinic, and they gave him some medicine with codine in it, and he couldn't breath, but then he stopped taking it. since then no more doctors he don't like doctors. now the past month he lost over 20 pounds, and he already was very thin for a guy whos 6'1 tall, he was about 16o, now hes down to 140, anyway he still cant eat much, and get stomche pains sometimes, and me, and his neighbor noticed his personality is changing, he started to give money away to peole, and has a very happy personality, then sometimes he looks blank on his face, almos tlike bipolar, now I don't know what he has but I am scared for him, the past month he feels like he has allergies, but really its his breathing, he is a changed person, he don't want me as a close friend anymore, he says its too much trama on his brain, he has no family left , so I don't know what to do, all he has is me, and his next door neighbor who keeps an eye on him, and calls me sometimes, we worry aobut him, he says hes eating more now, but I don't think its a lot? who knows, what should I do? call protective services, or just wait to see if he gets worse? I don't want him amd at me, he threw a lot of things in his house away. like 5 bags of garbage, his books, and old clothing, he has changed. thanks for your help. I appreciate it.
Sorry I forgot to mention that he had stomache pains still after all this time, he has also had bad sleeping the past 2 months, sleepless nights, maybe that's what happened to his mental health. ok thanks.