Depression 2

Mishap. Is there a chance you could be suffering from sciatica as well? When I had a bad bout of sciatica years ago as a result of shingles, it was so painful it felt like someone was trying to peel the skin off my shin with one of those keys you use to open a can of sardines.

DH was wrongly diagnosed with sciatica when he needed his first hip replacement. I think the two sites of pain are closely linked.

Sciatica runs down the back of the leg; this is down the front. I had a steroid injection in my hip a few years ago and they were trying to make sure that the source of the groin pain was my hip and not my back - they concluded that it was the hip as the injection gave me several weeks of relief.

I did have a prolapsed disc about 8 years ago which caused pain down the front of my leg - but that resolved many years ago. This pain is also down the front of my leg, but starts in the hip joint and groin which makes me think it is related to the operation - it is too much of a coincidence - and I have no back pain.

I am hoping that there will be some way of easing this.

I recognise the sardine can analogy!

I just thought that after all your kindnesses I should report back that the anti-depressants seem to have kicked in. It is hard to explain but it is as if something vital, some spark of life, which had been switched off has now been switched back on again.

I have a number of physical problems still: pain from the hip surgery (worst down my leg), migraines (bad yesterday), painful broken foot and IBS, all of which should make me feel thoroughly miserable, but I am coping OK and I think that is a measure of how things have improved on the depression front that I can cope with these without sinking.

I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has taken the trouble to help me through a very bad time in my life. It is greatly appreciated. I cannot tell you how much it meant to me and how much it helped. Thank you to all the Gransnet forum members for seeing me through.

That's good to hear. I'll be forever grateful to my friend who persuaded me to try anti depressants when I was at rock bottom, because people still have the idea that they'll just be 'zombiefied' if they take them. Onwards and upwards Mishap!

That's great news Mishap, let's hope things are on the up now.

I've been loathe to say anything just in case things go wrong again, but my knee has been much better for a few days now. I am still getting the clunking from the tissue being caught in the joint, but I see the consultant soon, so will discuss it then. I am getting nearly as much flex with my new knee as the other one now (which from what I read may be the cause of the clunking)

Pompa - I am so glad that your knee is beginning to feel better. It does seem that these things take a long while to recover from - certainly I had no idea how slow it was going to be after my hip surgery. I hope the consultant is able to be reassuring for you.

Thanks Tegan.

Great start to my Saturday morning. I have been very busy this week but have looked for this thread each time I've visited gransnet.

I hope things just get better and better for you both.

That's really great to hear Mishap, it's super to hear things are brighter
Pompa I'm so pleased the knee's improving, pity these things can take so long.....

Wonderful news! Thanks for reporting back. So glad you are both feeling better. Snowdrops are out and spring is on the way!

Good news, long may in continue for both of you.

Mishap and pompa it's great to hear your positive news

Pleased to hear things are improving at last for both of you

Onwards and upwards now for both of you (and everyone else feeling down).

Thanks.

Lovely news from you both.

I am so pleased for both of you.

My village friend who had her hip op in October has only just confessed to me how low she felt. She said she really couldn't see how she would ever be better, and thought that she would be scared to leave the house for ever. Like me, she had thought it a good time to have an op, as the garden wouldn't run away and get out of control. She now thinks it would have been better to at least been able to sit out in the sun more to recover.

Thanks everyone - we won't mention the blinding migraine that is afflicting me today! I knew it would be tempting fate to say I was feeling better.

Sorry about the migraine, mishap. Minibags is fit for nothing when she has one

Glad you're over the hump with the depression though.

And, pompa, regards to you too. Hope your visit to the consultant sorts the clunks out

Wonderful news Mishap (except for the Migraine!) Keep on the onwards and upwards trail.
Good news for you too Pompa. Hopefully the consultant will sort the 'clunk'.
and to you both.

Thank you for your kind words.

It is good to feel that I am alive again and ready to face all the things that are being thrown at me. New treatment starting for my IBS (which is caused by not absorbing bile salts) tomorrow so I have my fingers crossed that I will be able to keep fit in some other way than dashing to the loo!

And the anti-D should if I am lucky prevent too many migraines. But my skeleton seems to be merrily crumbling away - hey-ho.

You have all been a tower of strength for me. Good old gransnetters!

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OK - here we go.

I am back to square one and am a weeping heap this morning. I know what triggered it. I received an audio file of one of my DGC in great distress (just don't ask) a few days ago and it triggered a 3 day migraine which I am just beginning to surface from. This seems to have plunged me into the depths again - I cannot tell you how dreadful it is to have the carrot of being well dangled in front of me and then to have it snatched away. I just do not know what to do now.

I have had to cancel something for tonight that I felt was a real milestone in my recovery so that is not helping. And (see another thread) the treatment for my squits has been taken off the market so I have to endure that as well, knowing there is nothing to be done.

I am trying very hard to stay positive and remember that the depression went away once so can go again. But it is a huge disappointment.

Oh dear Mishap, so sorry to hear you're having a blip, but hardly surprising if the audio file was so upsetting, you had a 3 day migraine as well as a change in treatment for your bowel problems.
I'm sure this is one of those backward flips and you'll make up lost ground quickly.
Can you rearrange your cancelled plans for tonight so you have something to look forward too?
Be kind to yourself, it's not unusual in depression.
I do know how it feels and how utterly awful it feels so I really hope you'll feel better very soon, , ((hugs)) for you x

Nothing to offer but (((hugs))) and lots of love and best wishes for you and for your DGC. It will get better again.