Its so difficult to ask for help when your so use to coping on your own never giving up and never thinking of yourself always ensuring everything and everyone is ok before you. Thats the way it goes. My last surgery in 2018 on my hip never meant much to me but to stop the pain. I wasn't mentally or physically in a good place so I could never drop any lower when I was already so low..... 2021 I finished therapy in September and had my surgery on the other hip in November. I thought yes this will be tough but I am in a much better place mentally and physically I will cope no problem....little did I know that my surgery was complex, I required a blood transfusion and I underestimated the length of recovery and my mental health took a nose dive, its hit me hard. The isolation, the independence taken away from you, the help required from others, the loss of my many techniques/go to's to help me keep going like paddleboarding, hikes, meeting friends it was all gone. I tried so hard ...
Mental Health. It's ok not to be ok