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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Rita,
All of us can handle this cancer thing differently and a lot of us suffer some depression post Tx ranging from very mild to requiring medical intervention which it sounds like to me your husband could use. Aside from the physical side effects that we all cope with, the mental side effects are largely ignored by most doctors. I am sure he is getting regular blood work so I would try and talk him into seeing a mental specialist. If you have to, enlist the council of your son in law and/or daughter. Bottom line he has to know that his treatment towards you will not be tolerated just because he got sick.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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