Yes, thank you, Shauneen. Your advice could help people who see depression as something minor or something to be ashamed of. You are not the only one who had the cancer piled on top of exisiting personal issues. When the situational depression, as Uptown calls it, hits, it gets mixed up with other patterns of thinking that have developed over our lifetimes. Or at least that is the way I see it. I have a pathological reluctance to ask for help and a fear of losing control which also makes it hard for me to deal with perfectly justified fear and sadness.

I'm glad you are feeling better and I might try the chocolate remedy for dry mouth:) Not too sure about the chilli though.

Best wishes
Maureen