Keep positive...you will get better....
Advice for a healthier recovery period:
- Drink water all the time - keep your body hydrated.
- Fuel your body with clean foods, fruits, vegetables, fibre, seeds, nuts, pulses.
- Mulkosan is a whey based nutritional drink that aids digestion - my friend gave me a bottle of this, you can drink with water or fruit juice.
- Ask for help - you will need it in the first few weeks after surgery to do the most simplest of tasks, like fetching you drinks, meals, washing up, cleaning the house, making your bed, lifting things, driving you to appointments and generally being there to help.
- Have a routine, get up out of bed, it does make you feel better when you are upright for a bit and gets the digestive gases moving down and out, if you get my drift.
- Be mindful that everything takes more time than usual.
- Sleep.
- Rest.
- Shower daily when you are feeling able to, remember to let your incision dry fully so it can heal well.
- Set daily aims no matter how mundane they may seem, every step towards recovery is a step in the right direction. I love reading, doing puzzle magazines, listening to music and watching films so if your operation is planned why not line up a few books, make some playlists to put on your ipod before you go to hospital, line up some films to view that you've been meaning to watch for years.
- Most of all - listen to your body -rest, move a little, eat, rest, cleanse, breathe slowly and deeply, sleep, hydrate, smile.....
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