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DiscussionHow was your mental state after surgery?
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I so much agree with cmcguire's response to elyser. I wholeheartedly agree as ,not just the body needs to heal, the mind does too and if crying is a way to release the " heavy" mind then I say just let the tears flow because the mind has had a rough time too before and after surgery. 2 days after my 2nd lobe removal 6 months ago I was rushed back into surgery with a blood clot in the lung which was blocking an artery and i was haemorrageing. I was knocking on heavens door I was told. Since then I have wanted to cry but can't. I am so happy to still be alive but still want the release of a good cry. Amazing how we all are so different and cope differently.
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Thanks @cmcguire10
Those meds I mentioned were in the hospital. Now home, I take advil and tylenol, alternating them every four hours. They sent me home with oxy but I haven't had that level of pain.
I think you are right that there is something "normal" about crying here and I am trying to accept it but pre-lung-cancer-surgery-me was not an emotional person. I was the one who stayed calm in emergencies and who didn't cry at sappy movies. In therapy I found it hard to talk about my "feelings" which I would definitely place in quotation marks. I suppose that pre-surgery me would not have posted my "feelings" on discussion platform like this, either, but having support from strangers here has been great!