Mental Illness Awareness and Support Thread

[bluecat*dancing]

Let;s see how we go.

[catsnknots]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

Thanks TS and Az. .

Catmad, I did feel kind of down afterwards (hormones were not involved in my case)...it was the end of a big part of my life and the start of a new one.

The day I had the surgery I attented a Mother's day event at my Daughter's kindergarten in the morning...it felt kind of ironic .

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I have no regrets for the surgery. there would be no irony for me. I don't want any more kids, I stopped at the two I could afford to raise and that I felt I could help in the future. 

It was no end to any part of my life.... and no start to a new one... it was getting rid of a problem. 

[freddie*rooster]

*waves Bluey* ♥

I'm having trouble getting in to say hi over yonder.

[catsnknots]

Thank you everyone for the comments... 

I still have ovaries so there should not be any problem in theory but in reality it can still trigger menopause. 

Those personal experiences about going under a general are extraordinary. I had no idea. Part of the recovery pack do say that if you experience depression to give them a call. There is not much that they can do to help me as anti-depressants are a no no for me. I will keep an eye on it and possibly go to my own Dr or just adjust my meds accordingly. 

Even just knowing that there are others out there that can say this is sort of normal is nice. 

I have woken feeling a bit better. Had a bit more sleep than the other nights so hopefully I can pull it together. 

[izabsmiling]

Good Morning to Everyone here 

Catmad , I understand .I was similar to you and I wish the doctors had done it sooner .A little voice told me ..'It's official now I am older' kind of thing .I can't really explain or rather I feel more than a bit hesitant to attempt to try .I hope that you are feeling better soon

[bluecat*dancing]

Hi Freddie

[luna-2304]

“Hello, everyone. This thread is starting to descend into interpersonal disputes and hostility. Could we please bring the discussion back to Mental Illness Awareness and Support. Thanks!”

[Anonymous]

Hope everyone here is having a good day !

Punch sorry for you loss xx

Cat ..I was the same ,was glad to get rid of my uterus ..no more heavy bleeding ..yay .
So I do think you are onto something with the anesthetic .

Freddie , I love that motto ..some one always worse of then me ...so true..the little boy in Vic that just lost his whole family ...poor little man!

[izabsmiling]

Good Afternoon Everyone 

I hope that everyone is doing OK today .For those who may not be please do what you need to do to take care of You 

re my earlier post.First paragraph relates to my middle son as mentioned the 2nd to my eldest son.

If it is a comfort  to know that there are people working for improvements to the system  (i don't mean in relation to these boards or ebay) ...please know that that is the case and perhaps cross your fingers that their efforts will be successful  . 

Take Care Everyone

[lloydslights]

Well, I'm back.

SECOND STEP (of many more, I hope)

Perhaps words to the following effect may be more useful when a perceived personal clash arises; and a personal message may be more appropriate.

"(SOMEBODY/I) feels uncomfortable with your response(s), would you please refrain from answering him/her at this time."

                                                     ...................................................................................................

Now, that aspect is out of the way.

I mentioned earlier that it takes me a     L  O  N  G     time to type my messages.  In a former life, I was a 100wpm dictaphone typist.  It is not the physical typing of a message that takes my time.  It's the composition, the walk away, re-read, take a sip of coffee, will it offend?, bit of humour to lighten the message? walk away again, come back to re-read, all good, POST.

In no way did I want to hurt anyone with my thoughts and ideas; because hurting someone else hurts me intensely.

DEB

[azureline**]

This was on fb this morning and makes a lot of sense for many people. My grandfather was fond of telling everyone that we had nothing to be sad about.