Well for me at least. Doing the first housework I have done in two weeks. Not from laziness, but necessity. For the past 15 years or so I have lived with an abdominal hernia. As a working stiff I never seemed to have time to get it taken care of.
Now that I am retired I had it repaired a couple of weeks ago. My surgeon, the offspring of the Marquis de Sade, was in for a surprise when he did the robotic repair. The thumb size hernia he believed he was repairing was actually more like a big hand size complete with finger hernias. I got my money's worth along with one big sheet of surgical mess.
Needless to say at just 62 I did not expect that the recovery process would be as long nor as painful. It took me two full days just to get the strength to be able to push myself up right in bed so I could stand on my own. Today is the first day that I have little to no discomfort standing and moving around.
I still can't lift anything heavier than 20lbs for a few more weeks or do strenuous activities but pushing a vacuum cleaner around and dusting at this point is good and feels good. On the bright side I have lost 31 lbs so far preparing for the surgery and another 5 since. On the down side I did it by exercising at the closest YMCA, which I got to enjoy doing in the mornings. Sadly I am not allowed to exercise there for a few more weeks either and fear that I will be starting from scratch when I can. But for now the Dyson is calling and the floors are awaiting.
Now that I am retired I had it repaired a couple of weeks ago. My surgeon, the offspring of the Marquis de Sade, was in for a surprise when he did the robotic repair. The thumb size hernia he believed he was repairing was actually more like a big hand size complete with finger hernias. I got my money's worth along with one big sheet of surgical mess.
Needless to say at just 62 I did not expect that the recovery process would be as long nor as painful. It took me two full days just to get the strength to be able to push myself up right in bed so I could stand on my own. Today is the first day that I have little to no discomfort standing and moving around.
I still can't lift anything heavier than 20lbs for a few more weeks or do strenuous activities but pushing a vacuum cleaner around and dusting at this point is good and feels good. On the bright side I have lost 31 lbs so far preparing for the surgery and another 5 since. On the down side I did it by exercising at the closest YMCA, which I got to enjoy doing in the mornings. Sadly I am not allowed to exercise there for a few more weeks either and fear that I will be starting from scratch when I can. But for now the Dyson is calling and the floors are awaiting.