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« Last post by barakta on Today at 12:07:28 am »
I think one issue is that in modern society we are bad at remembering some surgery NEEDS significant recovery. We're used to many surgeries only needing 1-2 weeks proper rest and maybe a few more less-rest.
There's a dreadful work-ethic thing about recovering faster = better. People BRAG about their speedy recovery (which inadvertently pressurises those of us who need longer or have more slow-recovery surgery).
I know after my different surgery in Mid-Feb it's taken me ages to recover, not helped by hips/groins not being tourniquet-able so I lost a lot of blood and the anaemia (which wasn't bad enough to transfuse for) did me in horribly. I was off work 6 weeks. I'm still not 100%.
I wish more people had Chris's knowledge though, of things like pre-surgery diet and that level of "what you can do in recovery" cos there's very little of that from the NHS in my experience. Less said about hospital food the better...