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Where's my ENERGY?

I am 6 days post-op and I have little to no energy. I just got out of the shower and found it hard to towel dry my hair before I felt my batteries draining!! How am I going to be exercise?

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  • You have just been through major surgery. Give yourself a break. Your body needs rest to heal not to mention you likely have such low calorie intake. Hang in there. It will get better.... Sent from

  • At 6 days...walk don't excercise...and I had days like that too....I bet in the next couple of days you will have a ton of energy...over do it and be tired...then feel great and then.... thunder32

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    You had major surgery. Your body is using your energy to heal. Mostly rest, stay hydrated, take your Vitamin, meds, and drink your Protein if possible. It will all come together. Sent from my SM-J7

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You have just been through major surgery. Give yourself a break. Your body needs rest to heal not to mention you likely have such low calorie intake. Hang in there. It will get better....

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At 6 days...walk don't excercise...and I had days like that too....I bet in the next couple of days you will have a ton of energy...over do it and be tired...then feel great and then....

thunder32

I felt drained for two weeks post op. I'm not 3 1/2 weeks post op and starting to get full energy back

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I'm 6 days post op to! I feel like I'm getting stronger everyday. I think in a few more days or a week we will feel pretty dang good with energy.

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Hi I'm almost 1 year post-op. Give your body time to recover. It could could be a couple of months before you are at full speed. It is different for everyone.

And to add ....set small goals. I started off my exercise by setting a small amount of steps per day. I think I started around 2000 steps and I slowly built up. 8 months after my surgery I did a nine mile walk/run.

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I'm now getting all of my Protein shakes in and all of my Water in as well, so I feel much better! I think it is so important to especially get the water requirements in because my lips were getting really dry and cracked like I was becoming dehydrated! The only "problem" now is I am hungry in the evenings when I have already finished all of my shakes so I guess I'll just drink some more shake or eat a sugar free popsicle. Just 5 more days and I can start eating the fork tender stuff!!

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