Yep, I do think, sky.

You know, after my father had his lung removed, he was in a constant state of anxiety due to, well, his dang lung was removed and his other had disease and he felt like he couldn't breathe!

They gave him meds for the anxiety, but they couldn't give him and high enough dosage of a benzo because it would depress the breathing even more...a catch 22.

So, they worked with him and gave him tips to check that he's breathing enough, and also proved to him thru his pulse ox that he was getting enough. He told me it really helped the anxiety about it. When that eased, he felt he could breathe better. Because of that, he began to heal and was even functioning pretty good. It was obvious that he was desperately ill and not getting better, but when that was helped he improved overall...alot...when prior to that there was little to no improvement.

He did pass, but that was later and for different reasons...same but different.

With my TN...it's dx'ed and due to multiple surgeries...it's phyiscal, BUT boy can it effect me mentally and visa versa.

I have more examples but it's late for me too.

KD