Category Archives: Manic Depression

Little Victor Sunday Update February 28, 2010

It was an odd week. On Thursday night my girlfriend, son and I were in Ottawa for her last appointment with her psychologist at the Ottawa General Hospital. Getting there was fine, no problem. Getting home meant driving down an … Continue reading

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Little Victor Sunday Update February 21, 2010

Thankfully my son spent most of Sunday night with his mother, so he didn’t see Canada lose to the US in their last game of the preliminary round at the Olympics. I don’t think a two-month old needs to be … Continue reading

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Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | February 12, 2010

My recovery has reached a strange place… I did spend most of last year depressed, but that was mostly due to the panic and lack of sleep stemming from my girlfriend’s high-risk pregnancy. But I haven’t had a bipolar episode … Continue reading

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Little Victor Sunday Update February 14, 2010

There were two milestones in my sons life this week… he turned two months old, and he now weighs in at over ten pounds. Not bad for a preemie. Victor was born a month early, and weighed 6lb 9oz. He … Continue reading

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Little Victor Sunday Update

Little Victor had a difficult week. First he had to have his circumcision redone because a little piece got left from the first time. A sliver of himself got tucked back under the foreskin and was irritating him in ways … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday To Me

There’s about ninety minutes left in my birthday. I turned forty today. Numbers have never been important to me, I’ve never had that mystical moment where a birthday turned me into someone else. I don’t know if those really happen. … Continue reading

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