Anyone know how long it takes to get back to light jogging after an appendectomy, assuming there are no complications?
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Anyone know how long it takes to get back to light jogging after an appendectomy, assuming there are no complications?
No idea TF, but best of luck and get well soon :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
Not seen any Appendixes kicking about. There was a placenta on the hill yesterday if that helps?
Cheers Steve.
I wasn't actually touting for another. I only got rid of my own yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
(Appendix, not placenta.)
My daughter had two weeks of not doing very much and was then back to normal :thumbup:
Woo hoo! That's a very cheering opening bid! I believe you're not meant to lift weights for 6 weeks, but jogging is basically just fast walking...isn't it?
Was it open or key-hole? If open take it easy for a few weeks. Go on your gut feeling (excuse the pun) and if you feel any pain when exercising then back off for a few more days. Key-hole means you recover quicker but not all surgeons are doing that technique yet.
Get well soon :-). I fell out the Christmas tree the week after having mine removed and fell down the stairs 2 weeks after!
I had mine out when I was a kid. I remember feeling a bit fragile for about a week and within two weeks there were no noticeable effects (bar the scar). I wasn't running at the time though, so I'm not sure whether I would have felt up for a jog!
I thought you looked as if you had lost a bit of weight :) Take it easy and listen to Ingrid, v. relaxing, yes?
Medical update a week on:
I've been at home since last weekend and it's taken a while to summon enough energy to do this. The mystery is how I managed to upload such chipper posts from in hospital; I guess I was high on painkillers!
On the Saturday I did the Haworth Hobble. On the Monday night I started to feel sick. By Tuesday evening I had abdominal pains and tried to say "It'll be reet" as normal but my wife packed me off against my wishes to the GP, thereby probably saving my life. I was whisked straight to hospital and my appendix was whipped out by the 'open' method. The Scottish surgeon pronounced it "very nasty indeed". The appendix had formed a gangrenous mass behind the bowel - since you ask - and the operation took a couple of hours. The appendix was on the verge of perforation; a very close thing.
Recovery is going well, I think. Touch wood, massed ranks of antibiotics are seeing off possible infection and the wound is healing well.
I'm signed off work until mid April, which is very peculiar in itself, as I haven't taken any time off through illness in twenty years. My colleagues can't believe it!
Judging by how careful I have be when moving, and how rapidly I get tired even by lifting a slice out of the toaster, it'll be a while before I'm running again. Any hopes of jogging in a fortnight were wildly optimistic! Naturally, I've given up any thought of doing the April races I'd pre-entered (Calderdale Hike, Anniversary Waltz) and of doing any more ultras this year. I'm still harbouring a hope that I might get fit enough to do the Old Crown Round at the end of July.
Just for now, I'm off to lie down...
Thanks to all of you who have expressed concern and passed on your good wishes.
Oh no Tussockface! Sounds like an awful experience, thank goodness wives are good at nagging their husbands and packing them off to the docs!
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
bloody hell tussockface just seen your post , it sounds like youve been through the mill mate. glad it you caught it before it turned nasty. take it easy and enjoy the rest and im sure you'll be out on the trails again before you know it mate :thumbup:
Take it easy Phillip and you'll be back to it in no time:)
Best Wishes
Stevemerryfosterlegs.
Aye rest up and get better soon Tussockchops
Shaun
Get well soon Phil and don't rush back
All the best
Andrew and Stef
Get well soon. Think yourself very lucky you only lost your appendix! Rest, be pampered and embrace the down time. Wishing you a speedy recovery xx
Get well soon Tussockface! Hope to meet you at the OCR in July.:)
Best wishes Phillip. Take it easy - not that you'd want to be venturing out in these conditions.
If it was a nasty one I'd say you're looking at 4 weeks + the wound will be fine after a few weeks as long as its light but if you had a bad appendix it will effect your whole body, immune system etc. not to mention the gastrointestinal effects which will take a while to get back to normal.
Get well soon!
Crikey Phil this sounds scary. All your fitness will help you heal well and quickly.
This rest will be a good chance to catch up with your Kindle. I'm much enjoying Rogue Herries by Hugh Walpole :)
Stef
Thanks Stef.
I feel pretty mobile now but get tired very quickly. My morning routine involves eating breakfast and then retiring to bed for a couple of hours to recover from the effort of chewing toast. What's that all about?!
Glad you're enjoying the Walpole. Having made the recommendation, I've still not got round to it, but it's good to know that our excursion through Watendlath was so inspiring!
Blimey!! Close call Tussockface. well done the wife!! Get well soon and, I guess, take it easy!
For those who follow these things, I thought it was time for an update.
5 weeks after surgery I'm back jogging gently. I managed 4 miles this afternoon at a slow pace.
The first three weeks I attempted nothing, which was correct.
Then we went to Wales for a holiday and I felt up to trying to run a slow mile, which proved to be fine appendix-wise, but a overall was a bad move because I'd underestimated the effects of lying in bed for the best part of a month: it was my calf that went!
Thinking about it, I'd not been able to do my back exercises - because back exercises are also front exercises, and would have pulled too much on the scar - and that probably set me up for the leg injury.
So I've worked on that for another two weeks. In that time, the external scar has nearly healed, which is probably a good indicator of the repair process internally too.
I went back to work last week on a phased return. I struggled at first but built up strength as the week went on. I hope to do a full timetable from tomorrow. It's lucky I've not had infections or other fairly common complications such as pneumonia or interstitial hernia (yet!).
I aim to try the Hawkshead 10 mile trail next weekend; I've dropped down from the race proper to the 'challenge' event for joggers and Nordic walkers. If I can get round that intact, 6 weeks after major surgery, I'll be a jovial rabbit. I'm not bothered about how long it takes.
Sounds positive Tussockface! Nice sig too :thumbup:
Good news Tf.
Hoping your a Happy Bunny TF, Good Luck and all the best :)
Fab stuff TF, sounds like you have the right approach and that it is paying off :thumbup:
Enjoy next weekend's challenge - it can be a bit of a luxury having an excuse to take things a bit easy.
Mission completed!
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Well done TussockfaceQuote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface