I have to agree with Diane - there is a big difference between depression and just sheer frustration over a loved one's misery in coping with this illness. I love, appreciate and cherish each and every moment with my husband, and don't take any day for granted - like I used to. I don't consider myself "clinically depressed" - but I am depressed only in the fact that I wish I could do more to help my husband - and the fact that everything takes a lot of time in the healing process IS depressing and frustrating! I know that there are some people who's spouse is diagnosed with cancer - actually bail out and leave that person, at a time when that person really needs the love and support of their mate. I would never leave my husband - and will do all I can to help him - but I am just so mad about this disease and how it turned our world upside down - that it's good just to let it out in a forum where people really do understand! Like I mentioned in a previous post - friends and co-workers, as well-meaning as they are - do not realy understand and see how this effects a person in their day-to-day lives, as only the one that is going through this disease and their loved ones know.