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ruth
I'm 3 weeks post op (today!). I've been home a little over 2 weeks.
I'm feeling like my walking program isn't progressing fast enough. That said, I have nothing to compare it to. So, for those of you post op who can remember the early weeks, can you please share what you were able to do?
The first week after discharge all I did was walk in circles, clutching my heart pilow, around the first floor of my house for maybe 10 minutes twice a day.
The second week I tried walking in stores as it was very cold here in D.C. I felt like that was inefficient since it isn't measurable and I was stopping to look (and buy) things.
This week I started walking out the front door of the house and down the street to the same point before turning back. I can only walk about 6 blocks in 20 minutes and it wipes me out. I have to stop a couple of times to catch my breath. My goal is to walk at 10am and again at 4pm, 20 mins each. It does seem like today's walk was easier than the one a few days ago but man is it slow progress. I wasn't exactly fit before the surgery but I'm not overweight and I was a good walker until the SOB made me quit my old walking program 3 months pre-op.
So, how did recovery walking go for you?
Thanks in advance,
Ruth
I'm feeling like my walking program isn't progressing fast enough. That said, I have nothing to compare it to. So, for those of you post op who can remember the early weeks, can you please share what you were able to do?
The first week after discharge all I did was walk in circles, clutching my heart pilow, around the first floor of my house for maybe 10 minutes twice a day.
The second week I tried walking in stores as it was very cold here in D.C. I felt like that was inefficient since it isn't measurable and I was stopping to look (and buy) things.
This week I started walking out the front door of the house and down the street to the same point before turning back. I can only walk about 6 blocks in 20 minutes and it wipes me out. I have to stop a couple of times to catch my breath. My goal is to walk at 10am and again at 4pm, 20 mins each. It does seem like today's walk was easier than the one a few days ago but man is it slow progress. I wasn't exactly fit before the surgery but I'm not overweight and I was a good walker until the SOB made me quit my old walking program 3 months pre-op.
So, how did recovery walking go for you?
Thanks in advance,
Ruth