Thursday, December 9, 2010

36 Days Post-op: Some setbacks

Hi everyone! A little over 5 weeks post-op..

I decided NOT to attend the Andrea Bocelli concert last night. My back started acting up a little before that and I decided not to piss it off anymore. It was definitely a good decision.

Today I sat down at a restaurant for a little over an hour and a half and then did a little bit of shopping. Everything was great, my back taking it great, but then I could feel it upsetting a little after 2 hours.

As you can see, I still have my limitations, but it's completely normal. I am, afterall, only 5 weeks post-op.

I believe my back started acting up when I found out my sister was pregnant and I got all excited. I crawled into bed (I know it seems normal but soon after ADR, forget about crawling into bed), instead of doing the usual wood log procedure (which i've mastered and now takes less than a second). Then I jumped out of bed and did a few awkward poses whilst talking to my sister.

Lesson learned. Don't crawl or do awkward poses 5 weeks post-op!

It don't think it's a biggie though! Like I said, only 5-weeks..

As for what I think my limitations still are:
-I would not travel economy yet
-I would not stand up for longer than 1 hour at a time.
-I would not drive longer than an hour (even with your seat really back)



Let it be noted that I haven't taken a single pill since day 9 post-op.

Good luck everyone!