depression and mouring food

My questions to everyone are concerning depression after surgery.    My story is: I have recently noticed a loss of pleasure in my life, not just food but many other things I enjoyed prior to surgery. I had someone explain it to me as the loss of a good friend (food). She told me that I was mourning the loss of something that has comforted and supported me through most of my life. I am not suffering anything to severe but I have noticed a slight depression and needed to do something about it, which I have.  I recognized it and am dealing with the feelings that it is bringing into my life. I am again noticing the things that use to bring pleasure into my life and finding new ones.

Others have discribed this mourning or depresison as anger or frustration...   I asked a digestive health profession about this subject and about getting a speaker to discuss this topic. I was a bit thrown back by the response. She commented that they did not want to scare potential patients by the topic and the possibility of depression after surgery.    What do others think? I personally think the the more I know the better I am able to deal.

I'm not postop yet, but that was actually a topic in the support group I went too this past Thursday with pre & post-ops.  Personally, I think it's better to be prepared & it should be dealt with up front.  The intro meeting I attended when I was first researching my options touched on it briefly - again mentioning WLS is our tool, so also encouraging support groups, counseling if needed, etc.  If folks don't know ahead of time it can happen, they may end up feeling even more alone.

Thank you for your response.  I am hoping OHSU will actually consider doing a support group about this topic.  I agree being able to recognize what is happening and know that there are others with similar issues makes one feel less lonely.