About a month ago I reconnected with a man I had gone out with a long time ago. We have been together almost every weekend and evening since. I joked that we were getting to know each other again on steroids. We were both having fun and enjoying each others company. We both couldn't wait to see each other that day and were getting closer and closer. My faith in relationships was being restored day by day. We were happy.

The other morning I got a text from him saying he didn't know what happened but he felt like he was beat up. He had scratches, bruises, and a very sore shoulder. He also said his tongue was all cut up. I didn't hear from again until early evening when his son texted me and said he was in the ER. I didn't get to talk to this man until the next morning when he told me he didn't remember anything from the night before.
He didn't remember me being at his place for dinner or how he got so beat up. The more we have talked the past few days I realize he barely knows me and none of the time we spent together this past month. The doctors determined he fell and was unconscious for quite a while. He has a concussion. The accident happened last Wednesday night and he still does not remember a lot. He also doesn't remember any of his work or events that have happened in at least the past month. There are some things from even longer he can't remember. He told me he has been trying to picture his deceased mothers face and can't.

He's still in the hospital and for the first time he told me tonight he has a bad headache. He expects to be released tomorrow. I'm heartbroken for what he's going through and also for all the time we have lost and never recover. I have never experienced another person who went through this and it's all so surreal to me to be sitting next to him knowing he barely knows me.

I'm hoping those of you who have experienced this can give me some advice. I have no idea where to go from here. I don't want to give up on this relationship that had so much potential for happiness yet I don't want to confuse him further and slow his recovery. His memory is good in the long term so he does remember friends and family. Just not me. He told me the other night we will just have to start over again but after reading up on what he will be going through I see that is not going to be an easy thing to do.
I really care about this man. Should I continue to force myself into his life or should I leave him alone. I want to be there for him and help him any way I can but I also don't want to confuse him even more.

Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.

Tanya