Recovery time?

I’m only 3 days post op so I don’t know if I’m expecting too much of myself but when did you feel well enough to leave the house and do normal things? I’ve just attempted to go with my partner to do a house shop but ended up staying in the car and had to go straight home afterwards. I feel like I just need to be in bed all the time, I’m just not used to staying in and doing absolutely nothing but should I feel better by this point or is this normal??

Hey 😊 Its totally normal! I felt after a week I was able to go about and do normal things, still a little bit of pain but it’ll start easing off soon!

I’m 6 days post op and have spent pretty much the entire time since surgery in bed. I’ve felt so weak, so tired, so bloated lol, nauseous from the antibiotics, I’ve just felt like crap. I still get pretty sharp pains every now and then, and even almost a week post op I’m still needing pain relief which I didnt think I would because I had overs! I completely underestimated my recovery time, especially because I went over the muscle I thought I would be up and about in a few days, but that hasn’t been the case at all. I’ve had to give myself a reality check and remind myself that I’ve just had a pretty invasive surgery and it’s only been a few days, I was expecting way too much from my body!! Today is the first day I’ve been able to comfortably walk around my house for a little at a time, and I’m being careful not to overdo it. My advice is just listen to your body, if it feels like something is uncomfortable then don’t do it, regardless of when someone else might have felt better by! A friend of mine had overs and went on a night out 5 days after surgery lol, so I was really questioning why I felt SO rubbish in comparison but just have to remind ourselves that everyones bodies and healing times are different. Hope you feel better soon xx

Everyone is different, I had unders and I felt that being up and moving around was best for me but I didn’t really have much of a choice tbh, I had to be up and about the next day, driving and dealing with the kids and a bit like your friend maya Henry I was out on a night out at day 4 🙈
Take your painkillers, move about gently little and often and you will notice an improvement everyday.

Thanks girls makes me feel a lot better! Just going to take it easy until I feel well enough to do more 🙂 just going to have to get used to it for now

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