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I am 2.5 weeks post op. feeling great overall but very sluggish. I seem to move in slow motion. I have to push myself to move. Does this low energy go away? Once I am moving I am ok. But I have to stop and rest.

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Hi Bakawaka,

The answer is YES!!! You are just 2.5 wks out and your body is trying to heal from major surgery...my mantra is walk, sip, rest and repeat...I applaude you that you are pushing your self to get up and move...a body in motion stays in motion!!!! Please make sure you are getting in plenty of Fluid. When I was first post op I set a timer to remind me to sip on something every 15 minutes...I put the timer in a place I had to get up to turn off...made me move...I walked around my house and had a few sips of Water or Protein shake and went back to rest...and repeated it...before long it became habit...I am 19 months post op and can tell you it gets much better.

Also take your Vitamins...I find a big difference when I am off schedule with them too.

Good luck and welcome to the loosers bench!

Hugs!

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I don't have much energy yet and I'm about 3 1/2 Weeks out....i think for me now I'm just being lazy! You're still healing so don't be too hard on yourself..do what you can do

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I'm about 3 1/2 too. It's getting better but I still have some fatigue.

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Fatigue is bad! I do what I can and seem to cry through the rest. I am told this does get better.

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You still need time to heal, your body takes a long time to get into that 100% stage. Please time the time to rest, heal and then ease back into your routine. Start exercise a little at a time, actually exercise give me more energy... your time will come but you need the time to heal first.

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Hi Bakawaka' date='

The answer is YES!!! You are just 2.5 wks out and your body is trying to heal from major surgery...my mantra is walk, sip, rest and repeat...I applaude you that you are pushing your self to get up and move...a body in motion stays in motion!!!! Please make sure you are getting in plenty of Fluid. When I was first post op I set a timer to remind me to sip on something every 15 minutes...I put the timer in a place I had to get up to turn off...made me move...I walked around my house and had a few sips of Water or Protein shake and went back to rest...and repeated it...before long it became habit...I am 19 months post op and can tell you it gets much better.

Also take your Vitamins...I find a big difference when I am off schedule with them too.

Good luck and welcome to the loosers bench!

Hugs![/quote']

Thanks so much for the advice!

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Hi Bakawaka,

The answer is YES!!! You are just 2.5 wks out and your body is trying to heal from major surgery...my mantra is walk, sip, rest and repeat...I applaude you that you are pushing your self to get up and move...a body in motion stays in motion!!!! Please make sure you are getting in plenty of Fluid. When I was first post op I set a timer to remind me to sip on something every 15 minutes...I put the timer in a place I had to get up to turn off...made me move...I walked around my house and had a few sips of Water or Protein shake and went back to rest...and repeated it...before long it became habit...I am 19 months post op and can tell you it gets much better.

Also take your Vitamins...I find a big difference when I am off schedule with them too.

Good luck and welcome to the loosers bench!

Hugs!

Thank you very much for the insights!

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You still need time to heal, your body takes a long time to get into that 100% stage. Please time the time to rest, heal and then ease back into your routine. Start exercise a little at a time, actually exercise give me more energy... your time will come but you need the time to heal first.

Thank you for the insights!

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Fatigue is bad! I do what I can and seem to cry through the rest. I am told this does get better.

I am hoping that the fatigue will decrease for you. Some days I have very bad fatigue and other days not. I cannot figure it out.

Wishing you the best of success!

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I don't have much energy yet and I'm about 3 1/2 Weeks out....i think for me now I'm just being lazy! You're still healing so don't be too hard on yourself..do what you can do

Thanks for the insights!

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