19/08/2025
Post surgery recovery really is a mental long game. It’s four weeks today since my robotic ventral rectopexy surgery. I’ve come so far, yet still have quite a way to go.
It’s a really tricky time. I feel good and there aren’t any outward signs that my body is in recovery. This and a yearning to get back to regular life were my undoing last week. In the walk pictured above, excited to catch up with two girlfriends, I walked a little too far and probably a little too fast.
The achey/heavy feeling in my pelvis set in - the feeling my pelvic floor physio had warned me about. The feeling that is a reminder that my body is still trying to heal an internal wound and form a scar. I was so cranky at myself. I’m such a rule follower and had up to this point been doing so well at managing my rest and activity.
It’s all good now. Lesson very much learned. I’m slowly easing back into my client work. With the emphasis very much on slow.
I opted out of all social activities this month, not knowing how I’d be and it was the best move I could have made, for rest, yes, but also personal enjoyment as it’s still a case of gently, gently does it in regards to what I eat or drink and how that *impacts* my digestive system!
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