So- being a medical person I can tell you from personal and proffesional experience that when they say things like "Its a 6 week recovery" or "it takes 4 weeks to heal" etc. What they are giving you is an average. For example: My niece broke her arm. They said 6 weeks to heal. However her cast came off in 3 weeks because WALLAH! its an average. Well, I dont think Ive ever wanted to be average at anything. And although I am not a pro at physical fitness I would like to think that at least I am maybe SLIGHTLY (if only minutely) above average. Considering that around 50-60% of people my age are overweight- and although I have my problem area's that puts me SLIGHTLY above average. So me being me, and HATING recovery and not doing anything, I got up and walked 12 hours after surgery- about 12 hours sooner than most people. After 2 days I was up and walking around, almost like normal. And at 2 weeks I tried to run- that I was not to successful at- but I tried it, and I think effort counts for something. So since running didnt work well Ive been riding my bike. Average I do about 7 miles in about 30-45 minutes and its actually pretty nice. Although my thighs are kinda sore from the bike seat, which is definitely NOT made for comfort. To top it all off, out of sheer curiosity I did 10 sit ups today. But DONT tell my doc. Im pretty sure I would end up hearing the, "take it easy" schpeal again. It didnt hurt, but I do notice a little soreness now. I think my plan is going to be to do small abdominal workouts and stretches throughout the day over the next week or so, and work into doing my full 2 minutes of all out situps like I do for my PT tests. The run will be the next challenge.
But overall I think Im doing pretty good. I'm definitely not one of those people whose gonna run a marathon anytime soon- but doing a 7 mile bike ride less than a month after having my stomach cut open- pretty good I think!
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