Thank you for sharing that with me about your mother's experience. I am concerned about the recovery period, too, because as many of you know, I have bipolar disorder and depression is something that I have to really watch out for or it can rear its ugly head and sneak up on me!
I recently asked my psychiatrist if I could lower the dosage of bp meds I'm taking because it has caused me to be so tired that I don't want to get up and do anything. I'm not sure if it's the inactivity from my foot/back pain or the actual med has caused my weight gain, but I had to do something because the extra weight was putting strain on my feet.
So far I'm feeling better with a lower dose of med, but he's concerned that I may experience depression while recuperating from surgery.
I feel like I'm dammed if I do, and dammed if I don't.
My life is so complicated right now! Something has to change!@