Mental health check-in

[Tig]

Yeah, all roads are pointing in this direction and full replacement is in my future.
First shot was supposed to be this past Monday but there was some confusion and I showed up at the wrong office so now it's this Friday.

Kinda bummed because Im looking forward to doing dumb stuff again ASAP.

Mrs. T had her right hip replaced, but we found out from a different doctor a year later that the pre-surgical imaging indicated no surgery was required. She has since discovered this particular surgeon has a growing reputation for performing unnecessary hip replacements. Mrs. T is friends with his former nurse, who also confirmed this. I'm not saying this to scare you in any way, but @GilmourD is correct about multiple opinions.

The good news about hip replacement is that the recovery is much easier than knee replacement. She was back to work in 2 weeks.

 

[Lerxst]

Mrs. T had her right hip replaced, but we found out from a different doctor a year later that the pre-surgical imaging indicated no surgery was required. She has since discovered this particular surgeon has a growing reputation for performing unnecessary hip replacements. Mrs. T is friends with his former nurse, who also confirmed this. I'm not saying this to scare you in any way, but @GilmourD is correct about multiple opinions.

The good news about hip replacement is that the recovery is much easier than knee replacement. She was back to work in 2 weeks.

Yes, I've already talked to a few surgeons including one who only does labral repairs and it's the same recommendation each time

 

[smurfco]

 

[Tig]

A wee band-aid.

 

[Tig]

Normally my fire safe has marriage certificates, passports, and car titles…. But I think I need to add 10K of cash, a packed bag, and directions to the Gordie Howe bridge… just in case.

And here I thought that was a reference to his dental work the whole time.

 

[baimun]

And here I thought that was a reference to his dental work the whole time.

For those who don't know.... Detroit Michigan to Windsor Canada.

 

[Flamencology]

 

[sunvalleylaw]

A wee band-aid.

already listened to that this morning.

 

[mongooz]

For those who don't know.... Detroit Michigan to Windsor Canada.

and i'm a little less than an hour from it.

 

[BlackCat]

66 Pages?
This is a daunting thread to catch up on. Please allow me to make a comment before I start to review it.

Stress has been high since the lockdowns but things should have stabilized by now. I guess things may have ramped up again with the events of the past few days.

If emotions are anything like I see on F-Book there are a lot of scared and angry people around.

I urge you to stay calm and try not to lose perspective. Focus on your loved ones, Focus on your playing. Focus on the things that matter to you personally.

I feel a lot of the uneasiness is overblown and will not amount to much. Give it some time. Think about what you can do to make things better on a local level.

Above all don't make any drastic moves.

Stay cool!

 

[Dudeman1967]

Stiff upper lip!!!

 

[jbj]

Meeting with parents almost nonstop in work just now for yearly reviews. Had one in this morning who tortured me last year. A lovely woman and only advocating for her child but it was dreadful at times.

I'd be surprised if there weren't 3 figures worth of emails and phone calls, she'd request, sometimes demand X, Y and Z, I'd action it and she'd then change her mind and I'd have to change again or rever to the initial plan. She'd go quiet for months then it'd be weeks and months of hassle.

She wasn't an arsehole,nasty or anything just a concerned parent that really needed to relax a little and trust the process.

Her appointment was first thing this morning.

I did not fall asleep easily last night...

She came in and it couldn't have been more positive. She raved about the job we've done for her kid. I always ask if there's anything we've not covered or addressed at the end and she goes:

"Well actually there is one thing..."

I'm dreading what's coming next then she gives me a very sincere apology for being highly strung and making things difficult for me last year.

I told her not to be silly,it was my job to support her as well as the kid etc... and i meant it but it was really nice that all that effort had been noticed and appreciated.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

It is interesting the effects of these national developments can have on mental health and relationships. Adding stress to peoples' already hectic and challenging lives. And folks can either figure out how to deal, or numb out, or spin out, or other things I suppose. Still trying to figure out how I want to handle it all. And I am by all accounts privileged. Much worse for a lot of other folks.

In my life, yesterday, in a POSITIVE way, my sig other brought up something (the first something in our getting toward year and a half relationship) that I really need to work on. (and I DO NOT WANT to carry old bad habits or mistakes into a new, beautiful relationship. Scares the fuck out of me frankly).

Basically it comes down to behavior (angry snarky words) and related attitude in reaction to shit out in the world. And as she sees it, I have a little bit of the “likes to verbally rumble/spar” thing going on that is going to need to be moderated in these times. Basically, there will be PLENTY of things to get pissed or upset about coming down the pipe, and her mental health and peace need for me to figure out how to deal with it without getting all f-bomb Roy Kent or snarky Tony Stark about things all the time, as that stresses her out and elevates her. Going to need to figure out how to regulate my own feelings and attitude so we can calm each other rather than escalate each other.