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Old 06-17-2014, 04:59 PM   #24229
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe View Post
Ahh but then they would be telling you that you would understand when you grew up (I'm still waiting at 63) or some other condescending nonsense.

For what it is worth I know, probably because of my age, a lot of people who have had knee or hip surgery, and so far all are happy with the results. Hopefully the hardest part is the waiting.

Helen
it's my second knee. the first one was botched and I have been in years of agony because of it. my first doctor labeled me a "seeker" (meds) and never, ever tried to find out why I was in so much pain, which turns out to be a hole in the bone under the prosthetic, loosening "glue" around it and the entire device constantly shifting

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl View Post
Hey! Chill out! You got to where you are today because you were able to successfully handle everything that was thrown at you. This isn't going to be any different. You WILL handle it, and you WILL handle it well. You know that. I know that.



Really? You wanna go through puberty again?
Send the guy to me and let me straighten him out about PTSD. I was the Poster Boy...


Stitchawl
I know, just keep patting me on the head and telling me it's ok. and actually, puberty wasn't all that bad

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I'm guessing the idiot who said PTSD is a bunch of bull never spent day one in a war zone.
he didn't, I did, both soldiers, he resents the hell out of the fact I was deployed and he wasn't

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And indeed, PTSD even originating with other kinds of trauma exists. I worked with an energetic, outgoing, self-confident woman years ago who fell through her attic onto concrete and shattered her ankle. After multiple painful surgeries and procedures, she turned into a shadow of her former self, afraid of everything. Her first day back at work, while still in a wheelchair, she had a panic attack complete with EMT's and ambulance. Thankfully, she got help and was fine last time I saw her, but it was very real for her.
yeah, the more I get into it, the more I know some of the triggers came from YEARS ago and I've been working through all of them ever since
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