"Please tell me where I can go for help for depression," a correspondent wrote me a few days ago. "I have had diabetes a long time, and I am so tired of everything. Can you point me in the right direction for some help?"
I replied by suggesting five strategies that seem to work for me. For about two months after I had an emergency operation on October 1 while traveling, I wasn't a happy camper. A friend told me that general anesthesia can cause depression, and a quick search of the Web...
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