I over did it yesterday. The heat was too much for me to take at our daughters back to school pool bash. I came home drenched in sweat and felt nauseous. I quickly took my pain meds and took my butt to the recliner with my jug of ice water. I did cool down, ate one piece of pizza he ordered and then I just lay there and quietly cried. I wanted to be strong and go to see everyone at the pool bash, but I obviously underestimated the heat. I can't swim per doctors rules for recuperation so no cooling down in the pool. I had to say my goodbyes and went home to lick my pride wounds.
Best part of the night was seeing Julia have so much fun
Um....you had major surgery less than a week ago. Cut yourself some slack, girl! Take it easy and take care of yourself!
ReplyDeleteI promise I will take it easy!
DeleteRemember you have two parts too you. One your body that needs to recuperate and the second is your brain telling you, "Hey I'm fine let's go do something fun". The brain will eventually learn that to much activity after surgery can hurt your immune system and reverse. Trust me on this I know after my 2nd surgery in less than 5 months I wanted to move, enjoy life. But 20 days later I had infection inside of my incision. They cut me open 6 inches deep and 4 inches wide and left it like that without sewing me back up. I was then put on a wound vacuum. Compression's of air between the packing of sponges inside me. Horrible nightmares still to this day. I had that thing for 4 months. I don't want to scare you but it can happen. An little girl I don't want you to go through that. It's okay to become a couch potato, watch all those movies you never had time for. Heal slowly and enjoy your family at the same time. Much love heading your way.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking as a mom who has had a lot of surgeries in the past few years, the hardest part is not being involved with your kiddos during your recovery. It sucks. A lot. And it causes guilt- although you've done nothing wrong. Those pain meds make you confident you can do stuff, but your body will disagree.
ReplyDeleteWhen you want to get out, ask yourself if you'd let your close friend or family member do it (if they were in recovery). Odds are you'd say No. Follow your own advice!
Enjoy this downtime as much as possible as soon enough you'll be back to being busy!