For what it`s worth, I had my first surgery last sept, another one in March, and really didn`t start feeling the psych stuff til after the surgerys........i think once all the physical stuff is over, the mind has more time to be depressed...you`re so busy with treatments and surgery and healing........then whammy, the depression sets in..........good many of us on the board are on antidepressants....i finally gave in, in April, they aren`t so much to make you happy, but to help you cope alittle better, with all you`re going through