I agree with Mark completely. While the post op pain can be nasty, once it starts to go down, you notice a little progress each day...........assuming that you are behaving yourself. I have been lucky in a convoluted manner in that I have had quite a bit of rugged spinal surgery that involved serious post op pain and that made this seem less troublesome. Pain tends to be relative. If it weren't for the darn Fibro flare, I would have been tempted to push the envelope soon after.

My biggest problem other than the Fibro was getting good communication between the devices when attempting to charge the butt buzzer. It took a good two weeks before the swelling went down to a point where communication was good. I was amazed when I went to charge up and the charger showed that all the bars were up and running. Oh, that happened before but one good sneeze would drop the level and I struggled to maintain a "third of a tank". Anyhow, the other day, the charger appeared to be functioning at full power due to improved communication. I fell asleep and when I woke up, my "tank was full". :yahoo: :ROTFLMAO: :partytime2: :Dancing-Chilli: I rejoice in being over that hurdle.

At 2 1/2 weeks, besides the Fibro, I am primarily dealing with a generalized run down feeling. That shouldn't be a surprise as I am not a kid anymore and can no longer bounce back in record time. Thankfully, I had a stash at home to take care of the pain. The dang surgeon said I needed to start cutting back on the pain meds the day of the surgery. :eek: I will always be greatful for his surgical skills but beyond that, he is a nut case. :D

From One Older Kid to another
 

Ok, you have to intone this like Gome Pyle from long long ago

Well Go-o-o-o-olly, we aren't exactly Spring Chickens anymore. Gotta expect some "take aways" from surgery....... run down will be par for the course [and I am not chiding you]:wink:. Goodness, I am only now hard into the post recovery integration of the multiple times daily use of our treadmill, and wow has it affected me with aches here and paini there.... They say no pain, no gain! So I am gaining on the effort to bring my fat mass under control so as to become svelte once again... [Is that possible at my age?:confused:].

Yup, gotta keep the electricity gauge on the battery on the upper half of the tank, as allowing it to fall too low both risks potential harm to the battery within, while taking one heck of a long time to recharge. So, we do our thing. Use, charge, use, charge.... and I find the need to charge is about once every ten days. Not bad.

So, to Spine and Colleen and all them uthah [pronounced "uther" ending in "uh"] recent surgery folk. Be good, be BLASTING and logrolling, start phys therapy when it is allowed, then increase that activity and you will be doing well!:D

In the meantime, stay away from Rae's hay bales.:thud::Head-Spin:

Mark56:hug:

It's funny you say that, Spiney! I did push after my first surgery. I developed those emboli in my lungs after the second and couldn't do anything! So, it was horrible but helpful! I wasn't tempted. In fact, I passed the 3 month mark of this surgery with no fanfare! I guess because the first six weeks I did very little!

Hopefully things kep progressing well!!