It’s been a bit of a mixed few days. The new exercises have certainly made me feel like I’m using a few muscles that haven’t been called into action for a while, so the fact I’ve been suffering a bit from that isn’t a surprise. What I don’t really get is that I swing from feeling I can start doing so much more, to feeling like I’d struggle to achieve anything. This is particularly frustrating as I have definitely not been over doing it when I’ve felt more capable.
Had a walk round to the local shops yesterday – ok, so it was to pick up fish and chips, but it’s the walking bit that’s relevant. C and I took the dog with us. Probably the longest walk I’ve done in one go since the op. I almost didn’t take my stick with me, but thought it better to have it just in case. The only time I really used it was standing in the field whilst the dogs played with another one, and again as a prop when I was waiting outside the shops for C. Oh yes, and getting over the mound that is the unofficial way into the park.
Today hasn’t been too bad. The pain started to increase again late afternoon/early evening, and for the second (third??) evening in a row it has largely been around the right side, pretty much from my shoulder blade round to my right nipple. Will keep an eye on that.