 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Joanna, I DO take it as concern for my feelings. Absolutely. And I have replied in the past as you did. At this point, these are people who apparently don't believe that reply because they still say it to me. *That's* what I really don't know what to do with!
Jordan, I agree with Joanna about the antidepressants. For some unknown reason I never hit a depressed period in the two-cancer battle or its aftermath. I think deep down because I feel like I just can't afford to lose my will to fight. But I have been depressed before to the point where I needed antidepressants, at another time in my life where a lot of unhappy things happened at once, and small things DO become mountains. And dysphagia is not a small thing anyway.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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