Why am I so sad?

Hello,
I wondered if it is normal to be so sad most of the time?
I am 11 days post - op and kept 1 ovary.
Do I need HRT? I don't feel the same, usually I am so positive.
I just cry now.....will this go away?
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OMG the same thing has been happening to me! I just feel so sad and start bawling all the time. I am on a hrt patch. I don't know if I have to much or not enough hormones in it. My surgery was June 8th of this year.

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I am sorry to hear you are feeling darkblue, does your doctor know? I had both of my overies removed and am on HRT and doing well. I have heard that after such a major surgery sometimes it takes a little while for your overies to function again or in your case for your one overy to do the work that two used to do. If I were you I would let my Dr. know how I am feeling and see what he/she would recommend.

Hope you feel better soon.

Hugs,
Aimee

11 days post-op is still early in your recovery. It is normal to still feel tired and sad at this point. It wasn't until I hit 3 weeks until my moods got better. Unfortunatly at 4.5 weeks I got an infection which set me back. Now at 5.5 weeks I would be again nearing my period and am feeling some sadness and very hormonal.

That "funk" that you are in - normal. So many of us expeirenced that after surgery. I know that I exp. it for months after the surgery. I was normally a cheery person and tried to look on the bright side of things... But after the surgery--- It was hard for me to get out of the Blues...
I had to have my HRT changed.... I even tried St. John's Wort (a natural herb that is suppose to lift the seratonin levels in your brain).... It seemed to help. But the truth is, after surgery I changed. I am a much more emotional creature now than I was before. I have come to terms with that and am comfortable with that now. I know that it has to do with hormones and estrogen levels and etc..... BUT , like I said, I have come to terms with it. I actually find humor in it now. THAT IS THE OLD ME--- TRYING TO ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS.......

Once you are past the uncomfortable and strange healing stage.... a new you will probably develop. The key is to make peace with her soon and to incorporate the best parts of who you were pre-surgery into who you are now. It can be a whole new beginning.

Thanks ladies,
Its so wonderful to know that I am not alone and it will be okay.
It's so scary when you don't know what's happening, love to you all!

Boy I know how you feel. I really do. My crying started 4 weeks post op. I have had both ovaries removed, I saw my doc yesterday and was put on stronger HRT I don't feel like crying today, but its still too early to tell. I was told to wait a week and see.
I do feel stronger though.. I am now 7 weeks post op and am going back to work on Tuesday. I am frightened, but not as much as I was last week.
I wish for you a speedy recovery.

sonar

I am so glad someone posted about this. I cry every night right about 9:00 p.m., I get this almost empty feeling. Which I guess I did lose some parts , but I feel really empty and then I just cry for no reason. My kids think I have lost my mind, I am on a HRT patch. I had everything removed that they could take out. Party because cysts and fibroids run in my family and at 47 I really don't want to ever go back again. I had a very large uterus and a large cyst on my right ovary. But the sadness and lost feeling drives me crazy.

Big Hugs to all my sisters
Cheryl

10 days after my LAVH, kept ovaries, I cried for 2 full days about everything imaginable. Then I decided to watch only happy, snappy, movies...started with "That Thing You Do" - Tom Hanks and I started finding myself smiling (and singing). I was also feeling isolated at home so I called family and friends that I don't always have time to just talk with. I also looked at the calendar and realized it was around the time when I would have had a period. PMS intensified by major surgery, and sitting around the house feeling sorry for myself. Hope you start feeling happy again. If not make sure you call your doctor...there are medications that can help.