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Living with Lymphoma and Depresssion

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Christopher Lukas

Christopher Lukas

Tue, May 29, 2007

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 While I wait to hear how serious a threat my returned lymphoma is to my health, and what treatment I will receive, I tread two separate paths. The first is an upbeat, we’ll-weather-this-just-like-before path; the second is a road of I’m-depressed, I’m-depressed, I’m-depressed. I came ho...
6/ 1/07 3:46pm
Christopher,

My thoughts are with you.
7/18/08 4:05pm

Christopher,

This is my first comment, as I'am new to the website and am very happy to be here.  Finally, a forum to express my thoughts and comment on other people's.  I so relate to wanting/needing to hide in sleep when I couldn't deal with a question, decision or even the idea of rising out of bed.  And the anger - the years and years I have asked for and tried therapy after therapy to no avail.  Currently, I am at the lowest stage in my recovery - too many med cocktails with terrible side effects and moving farther away from feeling well. The last phyciatrist I was given the privelege of seeing (after his students questionned me for 20 mins.), was a ten minute speech saying I am doing quite well.  I almost smacked him. 

My G.P. and several other phyciatrists told me I was bi-polar which my dad suffered from. Doctors from this idiot's own staff!!! He rushed me out of the teaching hospital which I had had therapy for years at, including day hospital, was not in my file as after 5 years files were expunged!!!!!

He did refer me to see a phycopharmacologist in his team to have all my cocktails reviewed and then maybe some form of group therapy at a local clinic in my area.

 

I truly wish you the best with your medical/emotional well-being and thank you for showing me I am not alone.

 

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