I’m pretty happy with my recovery so far. I continue to get better every day but when I
look at in now week by week... Wow, what an improvement.
WARNING: If you really don’t want to read about catheter bags and
bodily functions then skip this post.
Week 1 out of the hospital: I was connected by a short leash to a catheter
bag. I pretty much stayed at home and
did a few short outings with Andrea. Had
the catheter taken out the second half of the week. What freedom that was. It seemed like every time I went from sitting
to standing, standing to walking, walking to walking up or down steps, walking
straight to turning right or left... it was leak, leak, leak... A little depressing wondering if this would
be my new normal but trying to tell myself it will improve. My body was not functioning normally on
either end. My stomach was still pretty
sore, especially when going from sitting to standing. Just stretching out the abdominal muscles
after being contracted in the sitting position.
On the good side, I did take a few short walks around the neighborhood
and a couple of short drives to the store.
Week 2: Did a lot of reading,
napping, hanging with the dogs, and 2-3 walks a day. Went into work for less than an hour then
home for a nap. My body was beginning to
function a little better each day. Still
pretty sore when I went from sitting for a long time to standing. I was getting up 6 or 7 times a night to go
to the bathroom, but I started making through the night without leaking.
Week 3: Hardly any soreness in the stomach when going from
sitting to standing. Increased my walking so I'm taking two or three walks a day, about 3-4 miles. I’m only getting up 2-3 times a night;
I even got in 4 hours of continuous sleep one night. Remaining dry in the mornings, but
more leaking in the afternoon and evening. But... improving. Bodily functions are beginning to get back to
normal. I’ve been researching cancer fighting foods and came up with
an awesome turmeric salad dressing.
(I’ll share it in another post.)
Hopefully I’ll continue to see daily and weekly progress
like I have been. I went to a prostate
cancer support group in Sacramento and one guy who had his surgery a week
before me said that he was doing a lot of things around his 3rd week
and had a little set back. Good
advice. I’ll continue to take it easy.
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