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How I know I'll be off work a while...

posted by [personal profile] mitchy at 03:34pm on 08/10/2008 under ,
..I just took my garbage out to the external bins and then walked to the end of my road and back. Say a total distance of, umm, 1000 yards mebbe? Maybe 1500. *tries to guestimate it using American football pitches* I was planning to see if I could walk down to the shops (5 times that distance, easily). I stopped at the end of my road, noted that my legs felt like lead and I was puffing and slunk back to my flat.

Dear gods!

I know I was unfit BEFORE the op but seriously this is insane! So, daily walks, whatever the weather, whatever the distance, else I'm going to be going nowhere fast, literally!
Mood:: 'annoyed' annoyed
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posted by [identity profile] silenttex.livejournal.com at 03:01pm on 08/10/2008
It took me about 3 months to fully recover from my operation, IIRC. Admittedly I'd lost A LOT of weight (I dropped from about 10 stone to under 7) from being on NIL by Mouth for about 3 weeks, so I expect yours may go a bit quicker.
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posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 06:37pm on 08/10/2008
*nods* I know, I need to be patient. But I didn't realise how much stamina I'd lost being in hospital that long. It was a bit of a cold, harsh reality check :P
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posted by [identity profile] silenttex.livejournal.com at 10:00pm on 08/10/2008
I was very surprised/dismayed to discover just how much you use your stomach muscles in just about everything without being aware of it, until of course, you can't anymore.
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posted by [identity profile] e-musings.livejournal.com at 04:56pm on 08/10/2008
Healing takes time, my friend. Don't push yourself too hard.
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posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 06:38pm on 08/10/2008
I know, I'm trying to be patient. It's just frustrating that I can't just pop down to the shops when I want to or even get myself out of the flat and go and do something more interesting, y'know?
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posted by [identity profile] e-musings.livejournal.com at 07:12pm on 08/10/2008
I remember when I was broken (ankle). It took forever to get healed and in small increments. It was very frustrating but eventually everything came back.
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