Hi everyone, I'm new here but I felt encouraged to write this after reading the thread about Chelsea. I have a lot of anxiety and depression problems, but one of the worst is anticipatory anxiety about my dog, Ginger. Between college and moving several times for work, I've lived away from her for most of the last 6 or so years. She is the most important thing in my life, and I am constantly worried about her. She couldn't have better care than what my parents give her, but I feel so bad about not being there for her. She's 16 now and has some health problems. Being with her is one of the few things that makes me feel better and I don't know how I'll handle it when she's gone. She has terrible seperation anxiety and is used to my mom being at home with her all the time, so it wouldn't be right for her to be with me as I work a lot. My childhood dog died when he was 8 and I've been worried about Ginger since she was that old. My parents handled it horribly as I didn't know he was really sick and they had him put to sleep without telling me first. I'm always afraid I'll never know if Ginger will take a turn for the worse until its too late.