What To Do After Surgery

On June 4th I was admitted to the ICU for severe abdominal pain.  Just to give you an idea on the pain I was in, I have been stabbed and shot and neither one of those compared to the pain I was in.  I was sweating, vomiting, doubled over, and could find no relief.  They got me in and finally gave me something for the pain, which I welcomed greatly.  Just to give you an idea, I have a high tolerance to pain and refuse to even take an aspirin when I have a headache.  I would rather just drink water.  So me welcoming a narcotic is a big thing for me.

After two days of tests they discovered my gall bladder was the culprit and was only working at 5%.  The lowest it should be working is 30%.  They also found, during the surgery, small gall stones that did not show up on the tests.  The doctor thinks when I felt that pain, it was from passing one of the gall stones.   The stones were like a millimeter.  Not very big at all but enough to bring me down.  The pain I felt from it was a 10.  As my wife likes to say, if I say something is a 10 on the pain scale, it is a 15 for anyone else.  So I am not able to work out or work for at least 2 weeks. 

What can I do during this recovery time?  I can continue to eat clean.  It will be harder for me seeing as how I am on a low fat diet and no roughage.  That means broccoli, spinach, lettuce, etc.  So I have to look at the foods I can eat and work from there.  I can also walk.  That will definitely help me also as it will help with digestion and keeping my heart pumping at a higher rate since it is being depressed from pain meds at the moment.

I have given a lot of thought though as to what to do after the recovery is over.  I am in the National Guard and I have a military school coming up.  That means a PT Test. Since that is to happen, I have decided to just work on my push ups, sit ups, and run.  I have a program to increase them all and will be hitting it as soon as the doc releases me to do so. After the school is done, however, I will be going on an Insanity Journey.  I will start with Insanity, then do Asylum volume 1, and finish with Asylum volume 2.  Hopefully, by then I will be able to get my Insanity Certification and teach it!  This would be so great and it would let me help people that want to get in shape and change their lives. 

Remember, EAT CLEAN AND WORKOUT DIRTY!