Hitting My 6 Weeks of Recovery Milestone

So I've officially hit 6 weeks from my surgery date, which is a big milestone because they say recovery takes 4-6 weeks. Although, on the recovery group I follow, they mentioned it could be 6-8 weeks. I think I might be closer to the 8 week time. It's unfortunate it's taking a little longer to feel all the way better, but I have to take my time and not rush it with such a major surgery.

Luckily I've been making my little goals for each day/week. Mostly making sure I get my steps in, drink my water, do my stretches to help me straighten up, getting used to more time without my binder, etc. This really helps me focus on my progress rather than what I can't do yet. Each week I can do more and more and it feels like I'm getting closer to how things used to be/usually are. I can feel more and more of my old self coming through.

So nice that there aren't lumps under my shirt anymore!

I wore jeans, for the first time, on Sunday (for the Super Bowl) and it felt like such an exciting moment to get to. I made sure to wear ones that were stretchy (with my little bit of swelling and binder most of my jeans are still too tight). Now that I'm at 6 weeks I do feel MUCH better. I'm not 100% yet, but I can finally shower, mostly regularly. I can stand a lot more straighter. I'm getting a lot more steps. I'm doing laundry again (with help from Larry - he does the heavy lifting for me), and I'm feeling productive again, which is HUGE for me!

Unfortunately, I was supposed to have my 6 week follow up today, but the snow made it so they called to see if I'd want to reschedule (since the roads were insane!), so I decided to and it'll be next Wednesday. Bummer, but it's fine, I don't have any big concerns so it'll be okay to wait.

I'm really excited to see what these next couple weeks bring. I think once I hit March I'll be ready to do most of my regular stuff. I told Larry I'll probably start with doing workouts on Sundays at that point and then work up to adding in my other two (I definitely have to get used to getting up early in the mornings again, it's been nice to "sleep in"). I've also been concentrating on my calories each day because I'm not moving as much, but my belly wants to eat and eat, so I'm trying to make sure I don't overdo the eating until I can get back into working out regularly again.