Nsv... I Went From 5:45 Am To 5 Pm Without Using My Wheelchair...

[tjmom 200]

thank you fir your support... yesterday i was back in wheelchair....legs just didn't want to work..kept getting off balance, didn't want to fall...

today, feeling good, so far no chair! yippie !!

[Beth-n-e 4]

Thank you so much for sharing this fabulous Nsv!! I'm so impressed with your determination!! Keep up the GREAT work!!!

[tjmom 200]

thank you Beth.

today i was OUT of wheelchair until 6:30 pm...another good day...

[Lissa 2,631]

TJMom, I think you're doing great!! I keep saying I couldn't walk before surgery because I couldn't go from my front door to my car without being out of breath, but you're blowing me out of the water!!! Every day you are getting a little stronger and one day you'll be posting that you "couldn't walk before surgery" and that you're now using that wheelchair to grow flowers in the back 40!

Great NSV! I hope you'll keep us updated on your progress. I wonder how you could track the lessening need for the wheelchair on a ticker?

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

Outstanding!!!! You are on a roll... Err, umm I mean walk:)keep it up. You're turning this NSV into an NSV V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V

[tjmom 200]

Lissa and O T ... both your posts were very uplifting.... thank you and when i am no longer using my chair...i just might drive it out to the back fence, put a wash tub in the seat and plant a climbing plant of some kind in the tub to overtake the chair!!! that's a visual that brings a smile to my face!!!

[CantBelieve_IdidIit! 22]

TJmom...you are another winner...I did a little happy dance for you! Before you know it you will be happy dancing! Keep fighting the good fight! xo

[gatacous 84]

Yeahhhhhhh I glad for u each is another small step one day at a time I'm 2 years. Being sleeved I feel great keep up great work AWESOME

[tjmom 200]

thank you both...your comments are so supportive and encouraging...

Each morning, i sit on the side of the bed with my sore back and knees screaming at me for the strain i put them both through yesterday, by walking.

i pick up my phone, sign into VST and re-read every ones posts.... it warms my soul to have all this support!!!

i look at my motorized chair, and say: "not today. today i am walking. 1 hour or 10 hours, it doesn't matter. i AM going to walk today! "

thank you all for keeping me motivated!

[gatacous 84]

Hope u are feeling well today.

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

Update time!!!! How's you doing??

[Butterthebean 8,146]

We need to hand out a NSV of the year award. This takes it.

[tjmom 200]

thank you all so much!!! your kind words encourage me to keep going....

Saturday i walked all day... not just around the house, but had my husband ride the motorized chair beside me and we went for a walk down our driveway.... when i got to the point where my legs felt like rubber, i sat down for a few minutes...i was/am a bit stubborn - so i did not drive back. I just rested, got up and walked home. (its not far, probably 6 car lengths, but it is gravel. so a bit unsteady) AND we went to a BBQ.... i walked the entire day!!!

QUESTION: Does anyone have a problem sleeping?

(sorry to be talking so much) .... last night when i went to bed - (and i was really sleepy from being outside most of the day) - but as soon as my head hit the pillow, my eyes popped open! i did not sleep all night! and haven't been to sleep yet today... just wondering if anyone else has problems sleeping...

thanks again for all your encouragement!!!

[gatacous 84]

Do it all the time not sure why that happens but I can usually go back to sleep in an hr hopefully lol but yes I really do. I'm glad to hear u did so well today

[KristieAtkinson 588]

I have trouble sleeping but I always have. I was taking Ambien before surgery. After surgery I didnt sleep well for like a whole month. Dr says, oh, Ambien doesn't work well after sleeve. So now I take something else.

A lot of people that have had the surgery said their bodies just do not need that much sleep anymore & all the extra energy makes it tough to sleep.