Sorry, me again, but...I have developed a troubling issue in my recovery, and I'd like your feed back to see if it's common, or should I be concerned. If you've read my last post, you'll know my recovery hasn't exactly been smooth, but I seem to have hit a wall. In all my past recoveries, I'd start out by slowly regaining my strength by going for short walks, and doing odds and ends around the house. In the past five years I've had 2 minor surgeries, and four major ones, but this is the first time I've had almost no energy what's so ever.
Each time I try to exert myself, I literally can't do it, and am forced to sit down. On Thursday, we had a 20cm snow fall, as I was pulling into my buildings garage, a lady was blocking the enterence, stuck in the snow. I got out of my car, went up to her window, and asked if I could help. She was fom India, and this was her very first time driving in snow, and somehow, managed to get her wheels stuck on a snow bank (the plow, as always, left a nice big mountain of snow as it passed by). She has summer tires on her little Mazda, and had no clue what to do, so, I offered to give her a push, BAD idea! Not only did she keep taking her foot off the gas (there was a major language barrier, and she didn't understand much of what I was saying, obviously!, she put it in reverse, while I was behind her car trying to push it forward! (Can you say duh?). I pushed with all my might, to no avail, but the damage was done, my entire body just shut down, I could barely make it back to my car not ten feet away.
When I did make it to my car, I thought to hell with it, and pushed her car with mine, it worked like a charm (my car is front wheel drive, with snow tires, and 302hp, no problem!). As I was finally able to park in my underground spot, the pain in my chest wouldn't stop, and took hours to subside. Since that happened, I've had zero energy. I doubt it's cardiac related (God I hope not, that's the last thing I heed), but frankly, it's pissing me off. I went to my folks today, bought them a Xmas tree, and began to set it up, but I couldn't even do that, it was too exhausting, I had to get my hubby to help while I sat down, totally exhausted and out of breath. So....my obvious question to you is, have any of you experienced this type of energy drain, and if so, how did it resolve itself? At first I didn't pay it much attention, but the only time I'm not winded or have mild chest pain is when I'm sitting down for a few hours.
I'm sorry to trouble you with such a mediocre question, and I'm no stranger to post op complications, but this is a first for me. In the last week, I've been to the ER in two different hospitals three times, so I'm really not liking the idea of going back again. For now, I'm assuming it's just the result of having a two month long recovery because of the abscess and infection, followed by a wicked kidney stone attack, followed by a horrendous flu.....or....I just turned 46, I keep forgetting I'm not 20 anymore, damn I hate aging! Any advice you could lend would be greatly appreciated, thanks all, enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Cheers
Eric
