 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | There are hundreds of threads discussing the mental issues both OC patients and their caregivers go thru. You will find many of them under the Coping/Anger and Fear section and also many are in the caregiver section. The rest are scattered in the rest of the forum. Try using the search feature in the upper right corner with a few key words and you should easily come up with lots of reading material. There are articles in the news section and even another whole section devoted to emotional issues on the main OCF pages. Main OCF pages--- Emotional Issues
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
