Thank you for your replies. I do have a therapist that I like and I have been seeing her for years. My surgeon is nice, although a little hyper. But he did a great job on my first hip, so I am confident he'll do it again. But now I know what's going to happen which makes me anxious which triggers depression. My husband was my nurse last time and he'll be doing it again. So my support system is all in place.

But talking to someone with dysthymia would be nice, kind of like talking to the moms in play group rather than the pediatrician right out of school. She may have the medical knowledge but the moms have been there.