I'm doing better today but the last couple of days have been rough. I have been so completely exhausted that getting up off the couch has been a huge effort. No energy and nausea to go along with it made me a not so happy camper. I had called the doctors office yesterday and asked them to approve another week off work which they happily did. My first thought was that since I had started eating and wasn't drinking my meals that I wasn't getting enough fluid. That does explain the nausea some. After some additional research today I also figured out that I'm still not getting enough protein. So, my goal for the next week is to really work harder at both. I found a protein shake that I really like which will be helpful. I have had some protein drinks that I've been drinking that are 40 grams of protein in a 20 oz bottle but I have a hard time getting through the whole bottle at once. It tastes good, to a point and then it just doesn't. The new protein stuff I ordered some single serve portions and for the chocolate at least there isn't any of the yucky protein taste which is awesome. I'm going to try the vanilla tomorrow morning in a smoothie. Hopefully I'll be able to bump this up enough that I won't be so tired. Otherwise food is going pretty well. Of course most of what I've eaten at this point is egg salad and refried beans and cottage cheese but still it's going pretty good. I've been walking fairly regularly which is good but after the elliptical on Tuesday which so completely kicked my butt I think I'm going to stay off that for a bit longer.
Not much else going on. Tomorrow there is a cat fanciers cat show here in town and I really would like to go, I'm hoping to make it there. Otherwise I'm pretty much staying home and chilling out. Oh except yesterday when me and the kitties had to leave the house for the bug guy to spray. Now maybe those nasty little fuckers will stay out of my kitchen. The bugs not the cats.
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Strange about the comment moderation...I hope mine shows up. It's good to hear you're doing better. It really sounds like you're beginning to adjust. Great to take another week off...enjoy!
Feel better soon. I think it's perfectly reasonable to take it slow and easy on the exercise after major surgery. Walking seems like a really good thing until you're healed up.
Glad you got dr to give you another week off work.
Glad you found the source of your tirdness and nausea. Hope you feel better soon.
Having another week off sounds like a good plan. So does avoiding the elliptical. It was 6 weeks after my c/s that I was able to walk far, and 3 months or so before I could walk for 40 minutes again.
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