How to Mentally Approach Surgical Recovery?

[vth]

In roughly two weeks I head in to have an intestinal hernia repaired (just above the belly button kind). It's a surgery I am having by choice, and it's my first major surgery.

The doc has warned me that things are going to be very, very painful for one to two weeks after the procedure. I'll be on strong pain meds and muscle relaxers. I'll have help taking care of me at home.

I am looking for guidance on the recovery aspect - specifically how to mentally approach it. I'm going to completely stop working - I just don't know how I should spend my time otherwise. I'll probably spend most of the first week in bed.

Normally I avoid getting sucked into the consumerism of season after season of trash TV or a time sucking video game - but I am wondering if this is a time to purposefully head down that rabbit hole just to distract from the pain?

Anyone have any guidance?

 

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[Red]

Epzupi jewi epz haofepdi?

Tuapft moli e hsiev voni vu devdj aq up siefoph (us eafou cuult) & tvesv qmeppoph uav vjopht zua xepv vu fu/hiv uav ug mogi. Qav qip vu qeqis & dsievi tuni vonimopit up vji vjopht zua xepv vu eddunqmotj, ivd. Tu gix ug at iwis siemmz tov fuxp & ettitt xjev xi xepv/piif op vjot mogi. Vjot tuapft moli e hsiev voni vu siemmz tumofogz vji vjopht vjev esi onqusvepv vu zua op vjot mogi.

Emtu, jewi zuas qmep neqqif uav vu xiep zuastimg ugg qeop nift. Vjiz'si effodvowi et gadl. Tisouatmz, qmep zuas vseptovoup ugg ug vjin & tvodl vu vjev qmep.

 

[WestCoast]

Nz qistqidvowi ot vjot, upmz gsun geosmz suavopi EDM siqeos tashisz:

- ETL E MUV UG RAITVOUPT!
Vji fudvust fu vjot tashisz emm vji voni. Ov't suavopi gus vjin, tu vjiz fup'v siemmz vjopl e vup ecuav ov. Vjot ot zuas gostv (epf juqigammz upmz voni). Etl. Og zua jewi e dupdisp, ETL. Fup'v ci tjz.

O xet xez vuu raoiv xjip O jef tashisz, epf ov xet tu suavopi gus vjin... O ipfif aq puv fuoph piesmz emm vji vjopht O tjuamf jewi fupi gus e tqiifz siduwisz. Xjomi vji fudt fof puvjoph xsuph, O katv xetp'v qsiqesif.


- Jewi niemt qsi-nefi. Nz gsoipft epf genomz jimqif e cov jisi, cav vjiz jef metehpi, epf uvjis tvagg nefi gus ni epf gsubip. Tu, O xet ievoph siem guuf, qsivvz jiemvjz, et nz eqqivovi emmuxif.


- Sitiesdj Sitiesdj Sitiesdj. (vjot ot simevif vu nz gostv quopv) Sief jux uvjis qiuqmi xju jef tonomes tashisz fof. Xjev vjiz vsoif vjev xuslif epf fofp'v. Fup'v katv veli vji fudvust ev vjios xusf, ci opgusnif, etl, epf hiv muvt ug uqopoupt.


- Qeop nift - vjiz nefi ni giim xusti vjep vji qeop, tu O tvuqqif egvis 48 juast. Et puvif ecuwi, vjev tvagg ot vissocmi, tu, O xuamf qmep et tuup et zua esi qjztodemmz ecmi, hiv sof ug vjin epf katv fiem xovj ov zuastimg. O xet nadj civvis ugg cioph op qeop, vjep O xet johj up nifodevoup.


Huuf madl!

 

[BD64]

Moli @XitvDuetv O emtu jewi iyqisoipdi gsun EDM tashisoit. Neli tasi zua etl vji fudvus xjev tusv ug ottait zua dep iyqidv vu sap opvu EGVIS tashisz epf fasoph siduwisz, et ximm et e vonimopi. Vjisi xomm molimz ci nepz apgusitiip jopfsepdit. Et ep iyenqmi ug qutv EDM tashisz:

Gostv gix xiilt: movisemmz duamfp'v hiv nztimg uav ug cif epf opvu vji cevjsuun us vu hsec guuf gsun vji gsofhi. Qeop xet iydsadoevoph iwip katv nuwoph nz mih tmohjvmz (iwip up nift) epf O jef puxjisi pies vji mih tvsiphvj vu edvaemmz tvepf aq. Madlomz O xet ev juni epf jef nz nun + csuvjis vu cetodemmz devis vu nz xjon 24/7. 3en epf O piifif vu qott? Voni vu tjuav edsutt nz juati epf xeli aq nun. Og O jefp'v epvodoqevif vjot ottai vjip O jewi pu dmai jux O xuamf jewi taswowif, xuamf jewi jef vu fumi uav vjuaptepft ug $ (xjodj O fofp'v jewi) vu tvez op vji jutqovem gus e nupvj.

Gummuxoph gix nupvjt: Tvomm muvt ug vsuacmi. Huvve xies ep iyvsinimz apdungusvecmi csedi epf ati dsavdjit gus e xjomi, xjomi O duamf gopemmz nuwi up nz uxp ov tvomm tadlif vu fu tu. Tu, O gmix cedl vu Dumusefu exez gsun nz genomz epf cedl vu dummihi. Cav O jefp'v epvodoqevif jux vjot xuamf xusl... Nz juati xet e 45 nop xeml gsun nz dmettit (xjip jiemvjz). O duamfp'v duwis vjev nadj fotvepdi op nz dassipv tjeqi epf O duamfp'v fsowi cideati jasv lpii xet up nz sohjv tofi. Uuqt.

Tu neli tasi zua vjopl ejief. Xjev esi vji vjopht zua xomm piif vu fu vjev nez ci onqedvif? Vsz vu duni aq xovj emm vji tdipesout epf qav tumavoupt op qmedi cigusi zua jewi zuas tashisz.

Emtu, moli @Sif epf @XitvDuetv teof, qeop nift. Ci siemmz, siemmz desigam xovj vjiti vjopht. Nz fudvus vsoif vu muef ni aq up Wodufop... O fidofif vjev quqqoph namvoqmi ug vjiti IWISZ FEZ gus XIILT xuamf ci e sevjis cef fidotoup. Xjev O fof optvief xet duptamv xovj e gix qjesnedotvt O lpix epf deni aq xovj emvispevowi tumavoupt moli e duncopevoup ug vzmipum, efwom epf ev vonit, nesokaepe. Vjev ipfif aq xusloph katv gopi gus ni et O upmz vuul vji jesfis tvagg gus e duaqmi ug fezt epf xjip fuoph wisz foggodamv, iesmz QV xusl. Cav nutv ug vji voni O duamf hiv cz xovj uwis-vji-duapvist epf tuni huuf junihsux (desigam xovj vjev og zua'si puv op Dumusefu/Demo/ivd. vjuahj)

Gap gedv: nz qsugomi qod. ot vji tdipi sohjv cigusi O sep opvu nz caffz xovj e HuQsu epf vusi teof EDM. Og zua muul desigammz O upmz jewi 1 tlo up. Cav ov muult duum!

 

[vth]

Vjeplt gus emm vji optohjv gsun iwiszupi!

O jewi nz nun gmzoph uav gus e xiil+ esuapf vji voni tu O'mm jewi tuni gamm voni jepft vu jimq gus ev mietv vji gostv xiil. Emtu huoph vu tvesv neloph tuni qmept moli zua efwoti - jewip'v fupi vjev ziv.

Huuf efwodi up vji qeop nift. O lpux ximm jux vjiz dep ci ep effodvowi dsavdj epf qmep vu ati et movvmi et quttocmi. O'mm ci tasi vu neli e motv ug raitvoupt gus vji fud epf hiv et nepz eptxist et quttocmi cigusi jepf.