Every have a "down" period Post-op?

 i am 7 weeks post op and have been back at work since 3 weeks i am truely exahsted this week really dragging my ass, i hate getting up in the morning and have lost the spring in my step.  I push through the day but even resorted to a 2 hour nap after work today ,,,,, very unusual for me.  I am thinking that this may be account of the winter blahs or just functioning on few calories.  I have a lay off pending next month and i am so looking forward to it.  

Robin 

I feel pretty crappy, too.  Low motivation, low energy and generally feeling sorry for myself (although I try and think positive).  I keep reminding myself that, "this, too, shall pass".

I'm barely getting any calories in...like maybe 450 a day and that's including protein shakes.  This has to be majorly stressful on the body...and the body-mind connection is very real, so it makes sense that I am not at my best emotionally and mentally.  I'm focusing on trying to follow all the rules and trusting that things will pick up in terms of energy over the next few weeks.  I will say that I"m very glad that I had the surgery in winter since this is usually a low energy time for me anyways and I don't feel so bad about "hibernating" in the house all the time.

I think that some of it is psychological.  The break up with food is so real, so extreme and so final...all at once.  I've been driven by eating for my entire life and now, bam, the best friend is gone. I feel a bit abandoned, alone and unsure about how to move through the world without food as a crutch.  I can see how much the surgery is a "head trip" and not just a physical thing.  I've got stuff to work on, clearly.

Things will get better!  Keep posting, Toni, and let us know how you are doing!

 Thanks for your reply Sandy, you really gave me a lot to think about, and I think you wrote very insightfully about the psychological changes. I appreciate it the time you took to reply to this. 

 Thank you everyone for your replies...I discussed taking extra iron with the nutritionist before surgery for fear of becoming anemic, as I have bouts of low iron in the past, and so I have decided to go with her advice and double my daily recommended intake of iron. 

Hopefully within a week or so I will notice a difference and will no longer feel like a couch sloth. :)

Hi Toni

Just so you know - its very common with any major surgery to get down a few days to a few weeks post surgery.....maybe 24 - 36 hours of feeling low before you mentally snap back...

Just be kind to yourself and do the best you can ok?

Barb