Date: May 10 – July 4th, no medicine
Experience:
I went home lighter and feeling better. Longtime friends and coworkers noticed improvements in my mood and manner. I had hope for the first time that I had found something that could permanently help me remove my depression. Hope was my key word. I submitted my retirement paperwork for the end of June, and we planned for our return to Peru on the 5th of July for 11 weeks, making a total of 3 months between the 2 trips.
I arrived in Peru on the 6th of July as planned, but Rita had to delay 2 weeks due to a medical complication with our dog and how she and our other pets would be cared for while we were gone. It ultimately took almost 3 weeks for her to join me due to the airlines pushing out a security “fix” that messed them and everyone else up worldwide.