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So today starts Week #4 and I have to say that I feel pretty darn good. Yesterday I got this huge burst of energy and was cleaning everything in the house - couldn't sit still. Of course, by late afternoon I crashed but I was amazed at how much energy I had! It really DOES get better! So excited!

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Glad you are feeling better. Your inital post about how bad you felt after surgery scared the crap out of me. I already have major health problems (which is the main reason I'm having surgery) so the thought of a difficult recover almost made me sick. I only get to take one week off work after surgery so I am praying for a smooth recovery.

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Glad you are feeling better. Your inital post about how bad you felt after surgery scared the crap out of me. I already have major health problems (which is the main reason I'm having surgery) so the thought of a difficult recover almost made me sick. I only get to take one week off work after surgery so I am praying for a smooth recovery.

What did your doctor say about only taking one week off of work? I'm not sure that is really realistic. I think there have been people who have done it and I would assume that their jobs did not require a ton of activity. The recovery is so different for everyone and I know that I was on the worst side of it so please don't judge by my experience but I also would hate for you to be stressing out about getting back to work when you are trying to recover. Please talk to your surgeon about it.

And by the way, I am SO glad that I went through it all! SOOOO worth it! Best of luck to you :-)

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In week 5 now and everything just keeps getting better! Can't wait to hit the 6 week mark to start trying some other foods though. So glad that I did this :-)

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