I am 11 days out now since surgery. I am tolerating fluids and puree ok. But still sore and tired (moving slow soreness/pain with movement around incisions). I see others back to work after a week. There is NO WAY I could work right now. Have others experienced this also? When did you start to feel normal? Thanks

Yes, this is common. While some days were better than others, the first 5 weeks for me were painful and I had very little energy. I could hardly get down Water and the minimum Protein many days.

Into my 6th week and beyond I felt much better, was able to eat and drink, and generally felt normal.

I am in 11th week now and I feel AWESOME with lots of energy!

Hang in there!!!

It will get better.

Yes it's normal. Some of us recover quicker and easier than others, but still being sore and tired 11 days out is normal.

Thanks guys!!

Oh yeah, I took 5 weeks off because I was so weak and tired. Once you hit a month you will feel better, once you hit 6 weeks you will feel great! I am almost 8 weeks out and love life

Give your body time to heal. It takes time. I wish I was one of the lucky ones who felt so good right after but I couldn't imagine going back to work after only a week.

I am two weeks out today and had to come back to work today. I'm still a bit sore and tired and if I had the available time off work I would have liked to take another week. I will say that the difference for me between one week out and two weeks out was a huge improvement.

I was still sore at two weeks. I took four weeks off of work and so glad that I did. I started feeling much better at the end of the third week.

Hang in there it will get better.

I am 11 days out now since surgery. I am tolerating fluids and puree ok. But still sore and tired (moving slow soreness/pain with movement around incisions). I see others back to work after a week. There is NO WAY I could work right now. Have others experienced this also? When did you start to feel normal? Thanks

hello I started feeling normal after 4 weeks. However had to go back to work 3 days after surgery and moved from house 1 week after surgery. It was not easy. Now I feel normal I'm 7 weeks out.

Thanks all!

Gabbisha I can't even imagine what that was like! You are strong! Glad you got through it all and are feeling good! Happy losing;)

I'm 11 days out too, generally feeling pretty good but am not planning to go back to work until Friday as I don't really want to drive too much this week, but I feel well enough although not sure if I'll get more tired once I'm back.