A short walk and I was exhausted
YES, today has been a bit of a milestone day in my hysterectomy recovery. Given that the sun finally came out and looked like it was staying out for a while I decided to put into action my plan to get some exercise to help me get stronger.
Doctor said I should walk, on the flat. Trouble is I have to go uphill to get to the flat. Hmm, what to do? Drive or walk to flat bit? I decided my midriff is too sore still to wear a seatbelt and I needed to move the old skeleton so I took to the road to walk up to the flat bit. At my usual slow pace this takes 5 minutes. But at my convalescent snail speed it took me 15 minutes. When I got to the flat bit, I was exhausted.
Literally.
Dizzy, shaky and exhausted.
Luckily the office is right there so I was able to sit down for a while and catch up with The American and Miss Moneypenny before The American kindly drove me home.
The results of this outing threw me because I had been wondering whether I was fit to go back to work this week. And it seems that I might not be.
Of course if I am lying around like Lady Muck, or sitting on my bottom in a comfy chair then I'm keen but anything more energetic than a bit of lounging and I'm wiped out. Am now in a dither as to what to do but will see what the doctor says tomorrow.
Second grand event was this evening. The Hockey Star has left to visit The Girlfriend in Holland, but without throwing the rubbish out first. Given that the whiff was maturing rapidly in intensity (I don't want to discuss how long it had been waiting to be thrown out) I took the bit between the teeth and drove the car up the hill, sans seatbelt, to throw it away. Found getting in and out of the car quite tough.
But hey, I did both so although less well than I would have liked, I got there. And I now have a plan. To drive to flat bit, then do some walking. I know I will get very tired, but if I do a little each day it should help me get stronger. It's strange feeling like a wimp.
Oh, and PS - Morning TV was all about feet today - and yes, it was interesting and yes, this is definitely an age thing. I couldn't imagine any health programmes would have been of interest to me at 20.
Weather today: Overcast and heavy showers first thing but the sky cleared around 11am and stayed that way for the rest of the day. We even had some sunshine! High 15ºC/59ºF. Low 9ºC/48ºF. Here there is some debate Aemet internet site says southerly 40kms/h, other sources say westerly 29 km/h and the RTVE gizmo here at the left of the this blog says NW 12kms/h. Based on my sucked-finger-in-the-air report I’d go with the wind dying out over the course of the day. Pressure 982 mb and stable. Relative humidity 67%. UV Index 2. Snow above 1,200 m.
