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Empowered patient: If you've never really experienced depression, it's hard to understand what it's like. Tobin Levy shares her downward spiral from thriving magazine writer to suicidal wreck — and how she's navigating her way to a brighter tomorrow.

Today I went to the endocrinologist, who confirmed that I do indeed have Grave's disease. I don't know what answer I was hoping for, but in some way, I think I was praying for a miracle.

Today, I went to the doctor and discovered that I have several masses on my thyroid and parathyroid. With that confirmation, I'm definitely scared.

This week is Canadian Infertility Awareness Week (CIAW). Because I know so many who have suffered from infertility, I want to spread the word. I have wondered about what it would be like if I decided to have another child. Though there are no plans, I often wonder if it would be as easy as when I conceived my first child. (Drunk and unplanned – could that be any easier?)

I was sent for a barrage of tests on Friday and I spent the day scared and alone. But Monday, I started my new job at the publishing house, and for a moment, it felt like a new lease on life.