I'm 7 weeks post op and I just landed my first full time job.

I'm nervous any advice would be appreciated!

I find it easier to drink more water when I'm working vs when I'm off. Just take it slow at lunch and you will be fine

If you're 7 weeks out, there shouldn't be any issues. Bring snacks with you to work and lunches if you can't get home at lunch time. I bring string cheese and greek yogurt for snacks and go home or out for lunch each day. But when I go home I just eat leftovers, so I could just as easily bring those into work with me if I didn't have time to go home at lunch. I also keep some emergency rations in my desk... peanuts and canned chicken salad, just in case I need something in a pinch.

Pack your food for the day..2-3 snacks and lunch. I find that I graze much less at work anyway, but eat a little somethin-somethin every two hours or so. Make sure you have a good-sized tumbler to make sure you're getting your liquids in.

I started teaching a difficult class of students with emotional disabilities about 3 weeks out and was exhausted and light-headed all of the time and frequently had to work through lunches. For people in other work settings, I would suggest setting timers for all of your Vitamins and mini-meals. I forgot mine a lot throughout the day when I first started working. Once things become routine, and they will, it becomes easier. For example, during English, I would drink Water. I ate lunch when the students ate. I used to eat string cheese during Math-I ate string cheese A LOT because it was so easy to pack. In fact, I still do. Protein shakes I kept under my desk and switched to protein-rich food as soon as I could. I couldn't set timers because my students had sensory sensitivities, but I do in the evenings and on weekends between meals and drinks. I still forget things here and there, but the helplessness and terror I felt after my mom wasn't there to help with recovery anymore is long gone. You'll be fine at work. I hard-boil about a dozen eggs on Sunday and bring two with me every day-one of them ends up being my Breakfast. I also keep a package of light string cheese on hand at all times. I think at 7 weeks I was eating those things. I'd grill up a bunch of chicken at the start of the week and wrap 2 oz of it up in foil and stack them in the fridge so they were portioned and ready-to-go for lunches.

Edited April 15, 201511 yr by HighHeelShoes