Seventeen days after my surgery, I felt like I was still trying to heal. I had tired days where I struggled to keep my eyes open. I noticed that I was healing and getting a little stronger each day, but I still felt weak. A point would come in my day when I would have to stop because I was starting to ache; however, I make it quite a while before that began to happen.
Before the surgery people told me, “You’ll be up and about right away.” I was able to be up, but it hurt or I was tired. I stayed completely down for 5 days after the surgery. I stayed partially down for 3 more days. I paced myself for the next 5 days, then I went back to work. I was still trying to take it easy. I had to wear a bra all the time. I had to stay warm. I couldn’t stretch out my arm fully, lift anything heavy, or bump into anything.
It’s okay that the healing seemed to be going slowly, I simply wished the people hadn’t told me that I would be up and about right away so I didn’t think I wasn’t healing quickly enough or that I was weak because I still hurt. Everyone heals and recovers at different rates. As the days, weeks and years progressed, I would discover that I would do very little like everyone else.
It is definitely a reminder to not compare our situations to other’s situations. We can empathize and encourage, but everyone’s journey will be completely different even if the events seem the same.
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