Ellie's visit to the family Dr. brought us all a big dose
of happy. He explained to her that she was converting her
physical symptoms to anxiety and said he was going to do the
appropriate testing to prove it to her. In the meantime, he
put her on Zanex and it has done miracles. He prescribed a
brisk walk, talking about her feelings and taking time for
pleasure. Life will be so much easier on the family now. I
was fearing a complete break down and if she takes her meds,
we won't have to worry about that. The anger and hostility
toward me has dissipated and the whole situation is easier to
deal with since hysteria is no longer the order of the day.
It is hard enough dealing with Bobby and his cancer and the
chemo which is supposed to start Monday. I was hoping they
could do chemo on Friday afternoons so he would be able to
rest on the weekend.

Now, I can sleep better...up from five hours to seven.

Our Doctor called yesterday and told me he is still trying to get Ted's prior cat scan results to compare with the
more recent one. The V.A. is very slow. I sure hope it
has not grown.