I am 2 1/2 years post-op surgery and work full-time at a desk job. My surgery was from T2 - sacrum correcting curves of
75 degrees and 45 degrees. My surgery by all medical standards has been a success. Praise God for that!
I have a question to those who have had extensive surgery, work full-time and are in the 57 and older category. Have you found that since having surgery you move slower and fatigue sooner than you use to? For instance, before surgery I use to grade papers in the evening from my part-time adjunct position and sometimes didn't get into bed until 11 or 11:30. Currently I am not teaching any evening classes and find that I am tired by 9:30. If I go to bed any later than this, I am dragging the next morning.
I don't know how much of this is from the surgery, getting older or a combination of both. Fortunately I don't have any pain to speak of (unless I overdo it of course) so it's not that I am being worn out because of that or meds. Maybe my body is still recuperating and my expectations are too high.
Marjorie
75 degrees and 45 degrees. My surgery by all medical standards has been a success. Praise God for that!
I have a question to those who have had extensive surgery, work full-time and are in the 57 and older category. Have you found that since having surgery you move slower and fatigue sooner than you use to? For instance, before surgery I use to grade papers in the evening from my part-time adjunct position and sometimes didn't get into bed until 11 or 11:30. Currently I am not teaching any evening classes and find that I am tired by 9:30. If I go to bed any later than this, I am dragging the next morning.
I don't know how much of this is from the surgery, getting older or a combination of both. Fortunately I don't have any pain to speak of (unless I overdo it of course) so it's not that I am being worn out because of that or meds. Maybe my body is still recuperating and my expectations are too high.
Marjorie
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