Hi Cindy,

Please tell him that I'd be happy to visit face to face but you are going to have to move to Florida or Hawaii or someplace warm and sunny...then give out your address and look out! smile

He would be more than welcome to e-mail me until you have the move completed.

The hard facts are he is right at the point where things improve faster. My personal experience with fatigue and the mental aspects, is that the best medicine is to get up and get out. Do something, anything, if going back to work is not feasable then volunteer somewhere. Food shelf, church, soup kitchen, anything that involves people contact is best. Sometimes I would do something mindless like splitting firewood or dig a ditch. The point is, the body responds to physical activity in a very good way.

I have become convinced that SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) is a real problem for those of us in the northern latitudes. This is a real brain response to the lack of sunlight this time of year. It can be helped by exposure to bright sunlight or very bright indoor light. If you do a Google search you can find lots of information on SAD.

Take care

Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.