Wednesday, April 30, 2014

How To Keep Busy While Recovering: Zzzzzzzzzz......

http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/a-to-z-challenge-sign-uplist-2014.htmlLet's face reality...sometimes when you are recovering from surgery, you just don't feel like much of doing anything.  Not even getting out of bed and socializing with your own loved ones :(

When I first came home, I slept a lot.  Like more than I thought was humanly possible. I was on a ton of medicines, some of which had drowsiness as a side effect.  Couple that with my body needing the extra rest to mend itself, and I was keeping the hours of a newborn those first couple of weeks.

I remember feeling angry with myself for being so tired, especially after the first month or so, when I started weening off the heavy drugs.  I'd get so frustrated that I didn't have the energy that I thought I should have.  But my husband would remind me that my body was healing and that it was okay to have the extra rest.

After going to physical therapy, I would want to come home and take a nap...and sometimes I did!  Physical excursion definitely does me in.  It was worse immediately after surgery, but even now there are days that I'll stay in bed...maybe it's once or twice a week now.  I just don't yet have the endurance that I had before surgery.

I still get frustrated every now and then, but for the most part I just accept that some days I just need a little more battery recharging time than others.  It's okay.  Healing takes a lot of energy and I need to listen to my body so that I can get better.

Are you one of those people who welcomes the down time, or do you despise having to recharge every now and then?

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This is my last A to Z post of 2014!  For a click-able list of all 26 How to Keep Busy While Recovering posts, click here.  Thanks for everyone who has stopped to visit my blog over the past month during this challenge.  I hope to see you all around!




11 comments:

  1. I get your blog in my email, so I've seen all your titles and I think this is an amazing series. I'm glad I'll be able to go back and read it all because you are not getting rid of me so fast. We have too much medically in common to not support each other. I also stuck you in my sidebar so that others can find you, too.
    I'm right with you on the needing rest. After my wrist fusion in 2006, I think I slept for a week. The pain was just SO unbearable that I took my meds and escaped. Now that I can count asthma as one of my four chronic illnesses, I require a lot more rest than before. When you can't breathe, your body signals you by making you incredibly tired and ridiculously sleepy. I let it happen, there's really no choice.
    Funny, I wrote about sleeping today, too, but in a completely different way.
    Congrats on finishing the Challenge~pick up your Survivor badge at my place, or the A-Z Blog. The Reflections badge is there as well, if you're participating.
    Now go get some rest my new friend.
    Tina @ Life is Good
    A to Z Team @ Blogging From A to Z April Challenge 2014

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    1. I am extremely humbled that you added me to your sidebar...I've never been added to anyone's sidebar before! I look forward to getting to know you better Tina!

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    2. Me too! Thanks for YOUR nice comment ;-)
      Tina @ Life is Good
      A to Z Team @ Blogging From A to Z April Challenge 2014

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  2. Just found your blog today! Great post for Z...and I'll be catching up for awhile. Congratulations for making it to the end of the AtoZ Challenge!

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    1. Thanks for the comment. We made it! We all made it to the end. Time for a nap :)

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  3. A couple years ago, I had some minor out patient surgery and I don't think I slept more, but I did rest more by just staying in my chair.

    Congrats on making it to the end of the challenge!

    ~Patricia Lynne~
    Story Dam
    Patricia Lynne, YA Author

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    1. Resting doesn't always require sleeping, but sometimes our bodies just need a little downtime. Congrats to you too Patricia! We did it!

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  4. Had a great time visiting with you on my blog and on Twitter and here on your blog. I wish you all the best with your continued healing. Your awesome gross pictures are really starting to look better and I hope you're feeling better as well.
    Thanks for all the support for Stormy and I this month.
    Heather

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    1. I had the best time meeting you and Stormy...I'll see you around Heather!

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  5. Let yourself heal. You'll be better once you've fully recharged. Congrats for completing the challenge

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    1. Healing just takes longer than I'd like :) Thanks for the comment!

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