@shoregal45

I don't think that there's one psychiatrist, psychologist or therapist/counselor within 150 miles from my home who accepts Medicare except for the lcsw's who work for the hospital, and all of the hospitals in central Oregon have been taken over by the largest one. That's not all a bad thing, but if the top one has problems, they all will suffer. The local hospital was without a therapist for 18 months, which was too long for me. I might have been able to drive the 50 miles to mama hospital, but 2 hours of driving for one hour of therapy wasn't reasonable, and it takes 3 months to get an appointment. I did see the therapist there one time, and I would have loved to be able to see him weekly. The current local man has indicated that he wants to live here until he retires, and he's 56 now.

I was sort of okay the first 9 months with no therapy, but I was gradually losing it after that. I don't know how much longer I could have gone and not committed suicide. But for now...

Jim