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Me again, with one more question (that's it for a while, I promise). I think I already mentioned this, but it bears repeating. My surgery was on June 19th, yet my emotions are that of a 3 year old girl! The slightest thing can bring on the water works, not my usual stone cold b#$@h persona, but why? What's the link between my k pouch surgery and being over emotional? It's just weird, and damned embarrassing! Will it subside over time, or am I going through Andropause? Trust me, this is not helping my depression, my dad was exactly the same after his triple bypass in February, I'd never seen him cry until then, does major surgery cause a hormonal imbalance? Anyone have the same thing happen after surgery? Just curious, I'll shut up now, thanks guys!

Eric Eeker
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Eric,
On my way out so a quick reply...yes, we get damp around the edges post op, or at least a lot of us do...emotions go out of whack and sad movies turn into fountains of tears, the evening news kills me and don't get me stated on kid's books!
It should subside...no idea if it is the anesthetic or the sugery or just that life feels different after major surgery...(or not)...
Just is.
Huge hugs and please, pass the kleenex!
Sharon
Hey Eric,

Definately normal from what i've experienced too. I've become pretty cold again over the last year or so though, but this last week i've been having some of those moments where I'll start balling out of nowhere.

My grandad got hit by a hit and run driver years ago now while taking his dog for a walk. Idiot driver was doing speeds in excess of 180kmph in a 60kmph residential zone. My grandad was 86 and fitter/healthier than I, probably ever have been actually. Anyway, my grandmother had wondered why he hadn't come back, and thought she'd better go walk down the street to see if everything was ok, only to find him laying on the side of the road, still just alive, with his dog waiting beside him patiently. He died in her arms... The ambulance had been called, but I don't think they could have done anything even if they got there in time. That vision and what that did to her heart has been getting to me a lot lately. She had only lost her Mum to old age not long before that. Then one of her daughters got cancer and died afterwards, her sister had been run over and killed by a bus on a pedestrian crossing, another sister had died of cancer too. She was the last sibling remaining. She ended up with Dementia....the stress of losing so many loved ones just got too much for her to cope with. Her 90th Birthday is coming up, but due to all this crap and not getting fixed fast enough, i'm going to miss it. If I do get the KPouch done, i'm going to make sure I visit her when i'm better though.

I was going to post on your other thread about joint pain, cause i'd been getting a whole heap of it a couple of weeks ago, worse than I'd remember it before, and I guess it's just the UC reminding me it's still there too.

Adrian
Eric, good question about hormonal imbalance. I am definitely a "crier" and it doesn't take much at all. I feel like a blubbering food and then I just cry harder. Sharon, Adrian, I hear what you are saying. I am a puddle after reading Adrian's story. I don't remember being this sensitive prior to surgery, although I know I always was emotional. But, the hormonal imbalance is intriuing. Keep that kleenex handy. Oh, and for you guys . . . don't worry. . .you're only human. Big huge hugs and a shoulder to cry on. . . Sally

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