Progress Report! · Ballet Alchemy Academy

Progress Report!

It's 12 days out from surgery but I am pleased to say I'm doing better. I can walk pretty reliably, get up and down from chairs and bed, and last night I actually slept pretty well. So today I'm feeling almost human, if slightly slow. I'm still swollen and bloated but the incisions are healing well. (It was a laparoscopy, they did 3 incisions).

I'm not supposed to drive til Friday which is a pain, but honestly, until today I didn't feel mentally up to it anyway. I think the biggest shock of this whole situation has been how long it's taken for the anaesthetic to work its way out of my system. I wasn't able to think through things properly, it was very frustrating, I felt quite stupid.

Each day I've attempted small things - a shower, a load of washing, having a visitor. Yesterday I did my nails and Mum and Dad came over which was lovely. Today I've been able to do a few things! That feels better. Convalescence is a bitch! It's not my favourite thing at all!

I'd never had surgery til I had babies, and then, you have all the happy hormones in your body and the complete immersion of new motherhood. Oh, this has been something ELSE and I don't recommend.

Soon will start the slowwww rehab journey back to dance fitness. I will not be able to dance in the Fringe this year, it starts in a month! Hypermobility and Fibromyalgia means that it takes me 4x longer than 'regular' people to build muscle so i'm going to have to take my time and be patient. I'm thinking of doing some Youtube videos about the process. What do you think?

(pic: my pretty nailzzzzzz)

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