Wed 2 December

Things continue fairly unchanged. I would say overall Helen's mental state remains worried and anxious. Less depressed than before. Her cognition, decision making and capacity to prioritise are all still poor. Yesterday Doug and I interviewed her with a voice recorder to capture some memories of Anne Fraser - her friend from high school who was murdered at age 21. This went remarkably well and we have a 37 minute recording to share with Ann's family. Today she had a brief visit from Don T who kindly brought a particular alternative remedy to offer. Helen was troubled that she sent him away rudely but she did not feel able to cope with the prospect of telling her mainstream doctors about an alternative treatment. We agreed she can revisit the idea at a later date if she wants to and that Don will probably have coped!

Also this morning she succeeded in cancelling her EFT arrangement for her business in Darwin and she and Doug had preliminary discussions about "So Many Versions of a Life". So...when I write it down I realise she is actually a little more functional than I have been feeling. We have a review appointment tomorrow with the psychiatrist Dr A - I am hopeful he will have some useful input.