Guest guest Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Hi all, i am so depressed i dont have the energy to get out of bed & i need to do laundry, & i dont know why i just feel overwhelmed please dont get me wrong i am grateful for all my blessings i guess its the holiday & feeling lonely Blessed be marie--------- Sent from AT & T's Wireless network using Mobile Email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 My goodness you are still only in the beginning. Don't let it get you down. I should talk I had my ups and downs big time twice and I am ealy in my third month and also need strengthening before i can move on. Get well into your thiird month and maybe you will find acway to be more hopeful. I found this third month to come in with the second depressing slide back but now that is over and i am even more hopeful than after the first bout of being depressed ( being over zealous did it to me). I could not wait to have people who knew me as disabled for 7 years to see me back to normal again asap, but now after rushing things and having setbacks from that, I am more willing to be patient (live and learn). I have so many rooms on my " bucket list " in this big old house to tackle (both up and down) and sort through that iIcannot wait to get started. L > > I'm feeling really depressed. It will be a month on Tuesday since TKR and quadraplasty. I am really angry with my doc for not explaining to me how disabled I would be by the quadraplasty, which involved removing and splicing my tendons to give me better range of motion. My leg is so weak and will be for months, apparently. My PT is trying to transition me to a cane but I'm too scared to use it. I have to wear a leg stabilizer because my leg is too weak to support my knee. > > > How much longer will I be in pain? I hate the pain meds. And I hate the feeling of the prosthetic. I can't sleep on my side anymore because it hurts too much. I miss my old knee. It hurt but it worked. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Thanks everyone for your encouragement, but I have healed my depression! I quit taking the hydrocodone and within 24 hours the gloom was gone! I have a terrible time with prescription drugs, esp pain meds. I'm going to stick with NSAIDS and tramadol for the bad days. > > I'm feeling really depressed. It will be a month on Tuesday since TKR and quadraplasty. I am really angry with my doc for not explaining to me how disabled I would be by the quadraplasty, which involved removing and splicing my tendons to give me better range of motion. My leg is so weak and will be for months, apparently. My PT is trying to transition me to a cane but I'm too scared to use it. I have to wear a leg stabilizer because my leg is too weak to support my knee. > > > How much longer will I be in pain? I hate the pain meds. And I hate the feeling of the prosthetic. I can't sleep on my side anymore because it hurts too much. I miss my old knee. It hurt but it worked. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 My surgeon stops his NSAID and Warfarin and puts us on asprin to replace Warfarin blood thinner so I figured that I was not supposed to take any of my own NSAIDS until i had been off of aspirin blood thinning. That was 9 weeks before I felt safe sjtarting to now and then take my own store bought size dose of ibuprofen. I was delighted that such a small size and infrequent dose worked so well for my pre and or post PT therapy purposes. I think our coming down off of all the stages of drugs we had is a natural depressant in itself. L L > > > > I'm feeling really depressed. It will be a month on Tuesday since TKR and quadraplasty. I am really angry with my doc for not explaining to me how disabled I would be by the quadraplasty, which involved removing and splicing my tendons to give me better range of motion. My leg is so weak and will be for months, apparently. My PT is trying to transition me to a cane but I'm too scared to use it. I have to wear a leg stabilizer because my leg is too weak to support my knee. > > > > > > How much longer will I be in pain? I hate the pain meds. And I hate the feeling of the prosthetic. I can't sleep on my side anymore because it hurts too much. I miss my old knee. It hurt but it worked. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Great news! On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:22 AM, lillaross <lillaross@...> wrote: > ** > > > Thanks everyone for your encouragement, but I have healed my depression! I > quit taking the hydrocodone and within 24 hours the gloom was gone! I have a > terrible time with prescription drugs, esp pain meds. I'm going to stick > with NSAIDS and tramadol for the bad days. > > > > > > I'm feeling really depressed. It will be a month on Tuesday since TKR and > quadraplasty. I am really angry with my doc for not explaining to me how > disabled I would be by the quadraplasty, which involved removing and > splicing my tendons to give me better range of motion. My leg is so weak and > will be for months, apparently. My PT is trying to transition me to a cane > but I'm too scared to use it. I have to wear a leg stabilizer because my leg > is too weak to support my knee. > > > > > > How much longer will I be in pain? I hate the pain meds. And I hate the > feeling of the prosthetic. I can't sleep on my side anymore because it hurts > too much. I miss my old knee. It hurt but it worked. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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