Hey Donna,
I'm not big on medicating right off the bat so I'm going to take the opposite side on this one! I don't know that you need medications...........I think what you need is to go off on your family, and by that I mean to speak your mind and tell them how YOU feel. Take charge, take control and everything will fall into place. If someones feelings get hurt, tough, they'll get over it. Your mother and yourself need to be the focus right now, not anyone else's feelings. My husband did an awesome job with that part of it, he ran defense and interference for me so many times during treatment! He didn't care who he pissed off. Like he said, I've got one chance to help you get through this.............I have a lifetime to apologize to someone.

Trust me when I tell you that others CANNOT understand your life right now, they don't SEE or FEEL the changes to it. Not understanding makes them not see things, such as how annoying and uneccessary another dog in the house is.

Praying for you,
Minnie

SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.