Approaching Surgery

Achieving stability and a viable balance of medication is never an easy thing and then along comes some major life event that generates stress and anxiety throwing this precarious balance. Guide Marcia Purse is facing just such an event. Next week she is having surgery on her right lung. Marcia shares, “I will not know until I wake up whether part of the lung was removed because of cancer. Preparation has required stressful lifestyle changes, and medication adjustments are compounding the stress.” In this edition of her I’m Bipolar series, Marcia offers some insights into the life of one "beeper" under pressure. Read More …