Hey everyone!
I wanted to ask some questions cause I know most of you have been through this surgery and recovered. I had the surgery with the anterior approach on my left side. They removed part of one rib and went through my abdominal area to reach my spine. I'm fused from T12-L4.
Surgery was on 1/4/06 and before surgery my doc said it might be about a month or a little more that I would be out of comission and off work. Well I've had a slow healing process and I'm now 2 months post op and still not feeling that great yet. I'm still on pain meds, but trying not to take as often as I was at first. I'm still at home recovering hopefully able to return to work soon. Still having a hard time walking, can't walk near as fast as I could before surgery and it's feels like I really have to push myself to walk any real long distance. Sitting hurts pretty bad if I sit longer than about 20 minutes. This sucks because it really keeps me restricted to either walking or laying down. I've gone out with my husband to a few restaurants since surgery and I am in horrible pain trying to make it through a meal at a restaurant sitting. My energy level is pretty low and I just keep thinking when will it get better. When will I be able to become more active and normal again?
I spend most of my days at home resting in bed and getting up about once an hour to walk around the house to stretch my legs. The last 2 weeks I've been really trying to get out of the house once a day for a walk around my neighborhood. Then I'm so worn out after I have to lay down for a while.
I have to say I haven't been that active since surgery, well at least not until the last 2 weeks.
Does anyone have any advice for me? Or is this normal for it to take so long and still have a lot of pain and a hard time getting around?
I guess before surgery I had the idea that I'd be functional after about a month. I mean I didn't think I'd be fully active but at least able to sit in a chair, walk around with out pain and do some normal things.
Sorry for the long post, I'm just really frustrated and need to vent about this!!
Thanks for your help.
I wanted to ask some questions cause I know most of you have been through this surgery and recovered. I had the surgery with the anterior approach on my left side. They removed part of one rib and went through my abdominal area to reach my spine. I'm fused from T12-L4.
Surgery was on 1/4/06 and before surgery my doc said it might be about a month or a little more that I would be out of comission and off work. Well I've had a slow healing process and I'm now 2 months post op and still not feeling that great yet. I'm still on pain meds, but trying not to take as often as I was at first. I'm still at home recovering hopefully able to return to work soon. Still having a hard time walking, can't walk near as fast as I could before surgery and it's feels like I really have to push myself to walk any real long distance. Sitting hurts pretty bad if I sit longer than about 20 minutes. This sucks because it really keeps me restricted to either walking or laying down. I've gone out with my husband to a few restaurants since surgery and I am in horrible pain trying to make it through a meal at a restaurant sitting. My energy level is pretty low and I just keep thinking when will it get better. When will I be able to become more active and normal again?
I spend most of my days at home resting in bed and getting up about once an hour to walk around the house to stretch my legs. The last 2 weeks I've been really trying to get out of the house once a day for a walk around my neighborhood. Then I'm so worn out after I have to lay down for a while.
I have to say I haven't been that active since surgery, well at least not until the last 2 weeks.
Does anyone have any advice for me? Or is this normal for it to take so long and still have a lot of pain and a hard time getting around?
I guess before surgery I had the idea that I'd be functional after about a month. I mean I didn't think I'd be fully active but at least able to sit in a chair, walk around with out pain and do some normal things.
Sorry for the long post, I'm just really frustrated and need to vent about this!!
Thanks for your help.
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