TheGymGuy
Well-known member
It has been 3 month since my surgery. Boy, does the time fly. I am happy to report that I am 100% back to normal. What I call "normal" may in fact be a "new normal", but for me it's the ability to do everything/anything that I want to do physically.
I have to admit, I have spent majority of this time rehabing, trying to eat and sleep well, and of course spending lots and lots of time with the family and exercising. I was back to work about 2 weeks post OP and back to gym for light stuff about 4 weeks post OP.
If there was something I could advise to others post-OP I would say, be honest about what you do to recover. Spend lots of your time post-op actively healing, thinking positive thoughts, and just enjoying the new chance at life. I cannot thank people here enough in preparing me for the surgery, and I want to give back as much as I can as well. One thing I want to encourage is exercise, any exercise, it could be walking with your family, speed walking your dog, but whatever it is you do, and the more you do the better, really try get some sweat going and up your metabolism. There are lots of studies out there that point out the exercise promoted healing, recovery, and new fibers growth.
I have to admit, my recovery was very fast, there were little things that everyone told me to expect, but I exercised as much as I could and it seemed to speed up my recovery. Well, this is my story and I will stick to it.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Cheers,
GymGuy
I have to admit, I have spent majority of this time rehabing, trying to eat and sleep well, and of course spending lots and lots of time with the family and exercising. I was back to work about 2 weeks post OP and back to gym for light stuff about 4 weeks post OP.
If there was something I could advise to others post-OP I would say, be honest about what you do to recover. Spend lots of your time post-op actively healing, thinking positive thoughts, and just enjoying the new chance at life. I cannot thank people here enough in preparing me for the surgery, and I want to give back as much as I can as well. One thing I want to encourage is exercise, any exercise, it could be walking with your family, speed walking your dog, but whatever it is you do, and the more you do the better, really try get some sweat going and up your metabolism. There are lots of studies out there that point out the exercise promoted healing, recovery, and new fibers growth.
I have to admit, my recovery was very fast, there were little things that everyone told me to expect, but I exercised as much as I could and it seemed to speed up my recovery. Well, this is my story and I will stick to it.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Cheers,
GymGuy