Tomorrow will be 4 weeks since my trachelectomy. I am doing well enough that I'm getting impatient to be back to 100%. I have been back to work a couple of mornings this week and had more fatigue and pain than I had hoped at this point. Overall there are good and not so good days but I am sleeping well and able to do all the basic activities.
Current Status at week 4:
-I would guess I'm at about 70% on the road to full recovery...
Residual symptoms/observations:
-Mild to moderate nerve pain from pelvis down inner thigh (left
-Mild abdominal pain/discomfort which worsens with twisting movements and long periods sitting in normal chairs or hard benches. Using a heating pad really helps with this.
-Two to 3 pounds of residual lymph fluid/swelling in abdomen. MUCH improved from initial 15 pounds of fluid swelling. NOTE: most of my pants still do NOT fit - DRESSES have been my main clothing item since the surgery due to swelling and abdominal pain/tenderness
-Mild tenderness at incisions (mainly the larger incision on the midline above my belly button).
-bruising/tenderness of pelvic bones (most noticeable with accidental contact or palpation)
-Inability to bend at the waste to tie shoes, paint toenails, etcetera.
-Impatience with recovery process. Now that I am feeling better I have gotten bit frustrated with what I perceive as a plateau. I want to be back to normal already but this feeling makes way quickly to thankfulness that my outcome so far has been positive and all of these little symptoms will slowly fade away.
Being back at work next week my goal is to take it a day at a time and keep stress to a minimum. Wish me luck:)
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