Depression

I scored 2! Shall we try 475 next?

I scored 1

zero

451 next

1 again. total of 2 for three walls.

I too got 0 on 475 and am about to tackle 451.

I got 2 on 451 - a total of 4!!!!!!

How about another 3? - shall we try wall 400?

I got 10 - never done that before!!! - can't believe it!!!Lots of guesswork involved!

wow, 7 for wall 400
410 next

1 for 410

Back to my normal form - I got 1.

Let's try 385.

can someone explain?

zero again, you win

Glad you put your head above the parapet Galen because I've got no flipping idea!

Sorry - Only Connect is a panel game that used to be on BBC4 but is now on BBC2, chaired by the brilliant Victoria Coren-Mitchell. One of the rounds is called the connecting wall and you have a wall with 16 items, which can be sorted into connecting groups of 4. If you goggle Only Connect you can play lots of different walls. I knew that pompa liked doing that so thought it might take his mind off his woes to play a few games.

Too difficult for a Luddite like me!
I'll stick to noughts and crosses

And, what's google? Do you mean goggle?

After my performance in Connect, I should stick to tiddlywinks.

I am trying to get my head around how we could have a quiz thread -- or it there already one.
I have an idea how it would work, but it would need help from GNHQ to clear the thread occasionally, I have already contacted them.

I am feeling more positive this morning.

A quiz thread sounds like fun. Good to hear you are feeling a bit better this morning Pompa.

Glad to hear that you are feeling well enough to come up with great ideas for us all pompa!

Pompa, glad your in a different mindset. I believe it is the power of Gransnet. [Brew] &
[Flowers]

Hi there pomp, just caught up with your thread. It seems that like many of us, you know something about depression. That's a bonus in some ways, but then I believe in the power of positive thinking, so I'm sending you positive thoughts. Hope that doesn't cause you to feel grumpy

Iam64, positive thoughts are very welcome - thank you - exactly what I need.
Because I am on medication my low periods are usually very short, I recognise the early signs and know that it will pass fairly quickly if things don't gang up on me.
Been busy in the workshop today, finished a stage in the building of my current model that I don't enjoy, and neither does Mrs P, it makes a lot of mess.

A first today - I won a competition, never won one before, and I didn't even know I had entered. Won a new recipe book from Maldon Salt, which is a coincidence as they are only a few miles from us, went past their factory yesterday.

I think it's time to admit to myself why I am feeling low, been trying to ignore the obvious.

Whilst my knee has been the main source of pain for a while now, it is on the mend. But my right hip is getting very painful (even with all the painkillers I'm taking for the knee) I suspect it has loosened and will need replacing, which is disappointing after 6 years.

Im not sure how I go about getting it done, it was done at a private hospital under the NHS, I would like the same surgeon to sort it, but not sure how I get referred to a specific surgeon.

I see that surgeon on Monday regarding my knee, I will ask him what I should do. The though of another operation so soon is a downer, and is on my mind too much atm.

Mrs. P doesn't agree with me, she thinks its due to the knee, but the pain is getting worse as the knee improves, feels like my hip is full of needles.

OJ, I'm whinging again.

You will be walking in a different way pompa whilst recovering from your knee surgery and you will have been sitting and lying in different positions. It is likely that this is what is causing your new problems with your hip, so do not panic. It is easy when you are feeling down to jump to the worst possible scenario and get your mind stuck on that.

You are seeing the surgeon on Monday, which is only the day after tomorrow, so you can chat to him/her about it. I have had pains all over the place since my op and they are I am sure due to walking in a strange way and pulling on different muscles etc.

My depression problem is seriously bad today and I feel a bit as if I cannot go on at all. There seems to be no treatment that I can take that is OK with a potential heart arrhythmia so I have to find some way of battling through, but today I feel truly dreadful - it is quite indescribably and very frightening. Unfortunately it is characterised by unremitting physical symptoms of dreadful nausea, weakness, giddiness (which is a bit scary when you are on crutches) - just at this minute I can see no way out of this, although I am trying so very hard.