I am so sorry to hear this. I also used to hear my husband making that exact comment about sleeping. We talked to the medical team about medication for depression. We decided to wait and see if dealing with some of the medical issues more effectively would improve his mental state. It did but honestly even now he is just not himself. I feel torn about if it is anything meds could help. Honestly, sometimes I think maybe he is just entitled to feel sad about all he has lost and it is wrong to expect anything less. When that natural sadness becomes depression that merits or would even respond to treatment is a good question for your medical team. It is another medication and my husband is SO sick of meds. He is almost off of everything and says he'd rather struggle some emotionally than add in another med to the mix. Plus I don't know if he has the patience at this point to wait for them to take effect. Being a caregiver is hard sometimes but I always feel like it is never as hard a being them. My husband said a lot of concerning things during treatment. Now he just seems not himself. We are still talking about meds but since he may have a surgery coming up he just is resisting having something else to juggle. I don't have any real advice except have an honest conversation with the medical team. I can tell you I feel your struggle. We just had an amazing weekend and my husband was not as excited about it as I hoped he would be. The emotional recovery is proceeding with the pace of the physical recovery. Moving along at the speed of a glacier. Yes, we are impatient but I am sure it isn't even a fast moving glacier, although I comfort myself with the idea that glaciers do move with persistent force. Hang in there. I tell myself that every day,


Wife to DP. DX SCC BOT 1/31/17
First treatment 2/27/2017 Cisplatin 3 times and IMRT
Last treatment 4/18/2017
Clear PET 7/13/2017
PEG removed 8/4/2017