katie, im sorry to hear the news.

my mom has been on paxil for about 3 years now (since we first learned of the cancer). i strongly believe its helped her through all of this without having all of the breakdowns that ive been having myself!
sometimes its hard to convince someone else they should consider taking an antidepressant because they dont want to feel like theyre not in control. its just something you all should mention to him and tell him lots of cancer patients do take antidepressants. I mean, if anyone in the world should be on them, I think it is cancer patients! That is a real problem