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I'm one week out and have absolutely no energy. Is this normal?

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Yes. Take a nap :)

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Definitely normal. Your are recovering from major surgery PLUS you aren't eating much of anything. Those two put together = mega fatigue!

Just rest as much as you can - keep sipping and walking too - and know that things get much better!!

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That's the thing, specially yesterday and today I've been naping on and off all day and its not getting better. :(

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I am a week out too and know what you mean. 15 mins up and I have to sit again. Took about a 2 hr nap today. We just have to hang in.... It will get better!!!

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Are you allowed to take Vitamins yet, like the optisource chewable ones and sublingual Vitamin B-12? You are still recovering from surgery, it takes a while to get your energy back, hopefully every day is better than the next one.

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Yes, I took a nap everyday at lunch in my car for 3 weeks. I don't think I got my energy back until I was about 5-6 weeks post op. I feel really great now at 10-11 weeks post op.

My advice is to get the rest you need.

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Sip sip sip those fluids!! Dehydration can make u super tired...don't get dehydrated!!

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I'm glad to hear that I am not the only 1. 15 days post op as of today and I still get pretty tired. I'm borderline frustrated because I'm not able to really eat anything, and now I seem to keep a low grade headache... I hope that things do you get much better, on the upside of things I've already lost about 20 pounds so I guess at the end of the day it's a pretty fair trade off...

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Sip sip sip those fluids!! Dehydration can make u super tired...don't get dehydrated!!

Noe that I think about it maybe this headache IS from not drinking enuff liquids. 64oz is a lot feel like I'd be sipping more than I eat. I hope I don't have to sip sip sip 4 the rest of my life. Not saying I'd gulp away but man this spping get annoying some times lol

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A week and a half post op I slept from 2:30pm to 7:00am the next morning straight ....didn't even know 2 of my kids climbed in bed with me...good thing my husband was still off work at the time. Rest rest rest when u need to..heck I am 3 weeks post op and still get so tiered...

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Thanks guys. Just wanted to make sure i wasn't the odd ball with weird side effects. ;)

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Yes, totally. I am 7 weeks out and just this week I started to feel like I didnt need a nap after work. Now I have soo much energy I don't know what to do.

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Noe that I think about it maybe this headache IS from not drinking enuff liquids. 64oz is a lot feel like I'd be sipping more than I eat. I hope I don't have to sip sip sip 4 the rest of my life. Not saying I'd gulp away but man this spping get annoying some times lol

Yep...the sipping has been hard for me to get used to as well...

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