Hi - I had my surgery on January 5th, 2011, and have noticed that I am ridiculously tired in the evenings. Now I will admit that I have a 2 year old who gets up very early (usually before 6 am) - but that is nothing new for me since he has always been an early riser. I am getting a minimum of 60 gms of Protein a day (more like 70-80) and have been trying to keep my diet realtively low carb. I thought that maybe it was the low carb thing, but even if I eat more carbs I am still dozing off by 8pm! It's terrible! I should also note that I have been excersicing too - I am doing 33 minutes of cardio every other day. Any thoughts? I need more energy, STAT!!!

Thanks in advance for your responses -

Angela

I don't have any advice, but I am having the same issue. I can't stay awake past 9pm lately - I'm an early riser too due to kids too and at night, I'm exhausted. My surgery was on 12/15/10 and the first few weeks, I chalked it up to post surgery, but now I'm starting to get concerned. I rely on the 2 hours at night to get stuff done while my kids are sleeping. Now, I'm falling asleep on the couch which I NEVER did. I, also, am getting 70-80 gms of Protein in day and taking multi-vits and Vit D, so I don't know what the issue is.

Anyone out there have any thoughts???

Maybe your vitamin D is low? Are you taking a MV? Either way a busy day will drain anyone so..

Maybe your Vitamin D is low? Are you taking a MV? Either way a busy day will drain anyone so..

Hmmm - I take 50,000 IU of Vitamin D once a week, so I don't think that is the case - guess I better call my NUT.... :/

Hi - I had my surgery on January 5th, 2011, and have noticed that I am ridiculously tired in the evenings. Now I will admit that I have a 2 year old who gets up very early (usually before 6 am) - but that is nothing new for me since he has always been an early riser. I am getting a minimum of 60 gms of Protein a day (more like 70-80) and have been trying to keep my diet realtively low carb. I thought that maybe it was the low carb thing, but even if I eat more carbs I am still dozing off by 8pm! It's terrible! I should also note that I have been excersicing too - I am doing 33 minutes of cardio every other day. Any thoughts? I need more energy, STAT!!!

Thanks in advance for your responses -

Angela

I was having the same problem until I started eating a thomas' whole grain bagle thin in the morning. My body NEEDS some carbs!

it sounds like maybe your body just needs to recover from major surgery dont stress about it and get your rest.

~hiddn

I went through this. After 3 - 4 weeks, I started feeling normal again. I'm still trying to get back into my pre-surgery routine.