marion harris
My doctor has diagnosed me with post traumatic stress disorder. It seems very logically since my husband, after being diagnosed with inoperable, terminal cancer in october has miraculously made a full recovery. But the ordeal of chemo and testing and not knowing has taken its toll on me. I got my first attack less than a week after we found out the treatments had worked so well that he could be operated on on become 100% in remission. He has 8 followup chemos for precautionary reasons going on right now. I started to hyperventilate which caused chest tightness. I started to sleep more and I could not stand to leave my husband in the morning. I get up in the morning feeling sickly and unable to go to the gym which I need so much to control chronic pain I have had all my life. I had a chest x ray on Tuesday, the same day I went to see the doctor. I came into his office crying like crazy and then I felt better for the rest of that day and the next day. He gave me Zoloft which I have now started taking. I read about PTSD and I do have the classic symptoms,including thinking I have some other dreaded disease like lung cancer, emphysema (since I smoked up until last week) or heart disease. And I guess since my husband originally went to the doctor with a pain in his side and came out with terminal cancer, I feel like anything is possible. I don't know exactly how to proceed. Would like to hear from anyone who has experience with this. Thanks!