Hi there. I am new to this forum and am really just here to gain info for my husband's upcoming surgury. I read this blog though and felt I needed to comment on what the Psych said to you. My father had been in a nursing home rehabbing from hip surgery (he was 81 at the time). He was told that he was too much of a "toucher" by the Psych there. Huh? My Dad shook hands or hugged you if he knew you and was always a real people person. I am too. The Psych told my Dad that a person should never hug another as a greeting...this really upset my Dad who was already upset over the surgery and his slow rehab. It was heartbreaking for our family to see my Dad so hurt by those comments. Although this was several years ago and my father has since passed, I think of those comments often when I hear stories of therapists and Psych Dr.s. Needless to say, don't take everything "they" say to heart. Sometimes they have a mightier than thou attitude.

Best of luck to you.