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Waking Up To Weakness!

I had my surgery on Oct 3rd, little over 2 weeks post op. I am back to work 3 days a week, and pretty active in my life.

I feel fine for the most part during the day. But when I wake up in the morning I am so weak, I feel like every bit of energy is

sucked out of my body. Its sorta scary how it feels, sometimes it makes me cry because I dont like this feeling.

So I drink a protein shake and drink water which takes me close to 30 mins to complete and I feel better.

My question is there anything I can do to prevent this feeling first thing in the morning and does anyone else have this problem.

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This surgery is major surgery...you cannot expect to be fully recovered in 2 weeks or 6 for that matter.....You are most likely over doing it and so it drains whatever energy you have left over....which isn't much to begin with...

You have to remember that this is a life change not a change in 2 weeks......there is no going from 0 to 60 here.......if you are weak your body is talking to you...feeding it is a great idea.......be patient and care for yourself.......2 weeks is not long enough for your body to heal at all.......

Pace yourself kid this is a life long marathon...... ;)

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This surgery is major surgery...you cannot expect to be fully recovered in 2 weeks or 6 for that matter.....You are most likely over doing it and so it drains whatever energy you have left over....which isn't much to begin with...

You have to remember that this is a life change not a change in 2 weeks......there is no going from 0 to 60 here.......if you are weak your body is talking to you...feeding it is a great idea.......be patient and care for yourself.......2 weeks is not long enough for your body to heal at all.......

Pace yourself kid this is a life long marathon...... ;)

Thank you I do feel sometimes like I am completely healed, I have to take a step back and relax.

I find if I have a snack at night I am not as lightheaded in the mornings.

How much Water r u getting in? I feel weak with headaches in the am if the day before wasn't a good water day.

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Are you getting in a snack - some Protein before you sleep? Depending on how long you sleep, you're depriving your body of that food for 8 hours (just an example).

In other words, if you are eating every 2-3 hours, you're not doing that while you sleep so eating before bed may help that, just not too much to make you uncomfortable.

Hope you find something to help you with this. :)

I take my b12 about 30 minutes before I need to shower etc. It helps me get my energy going.

Hope u feel better soon!

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