Cancer Survivor?

The definition of a cancer survivor is dependent on who is using the term.  To me, however, it connotes someone who has fought cancer and won (i.e., is cured), and is still alive.  By this definition, Phil is not a survivor, because his cancer cannot be cured.  It will kill him.  No one survives Multiple [...]

Doctor’s Visit

I finally saw my Internist today. I have been trying to schedule an appointment for two months, but with everything that’s happened with Phil, I just couldn’t find a week in which I was willing/able to commit to another outing. Sometimes – often – it’s frustrating that I have to micromanage my time [...]

Depression

I am convinced that I am depressed. I found several online depression tests, and each one came back the same: I am seriously depressed.
Now to convince my doctor.
When I approached him last October about it, he said that, because I take two antidepressants for sleep, he didn’t want to add another one without [...]