[paniania]

Ugh, I have to have surgery tomorrow to remove the sesamoid bones in my foot because the conventional sesamoiditis treatments weren't working. In the process I will be acquiring a new body part - a titanium screw - where the sesamoids used to be. I'm not quite sure how I feel about that - Bionic Ania, maybe?

I've never had surgery before and I'm terrified!

Also, I essentially have to be on bed rest for 2 weeks post-op to recover. I have no idea what I'm going to do with myself. After all, there are only so many TV shows, books, photo albums, etc. to occupy my time. I'm going to go nuts with boredom and house-boundness

This whole foot problem has completely back-burnered any attempts at weight loss. I haven't weighed myself for awhile, but I bet that with all the emotional "why me?" eating and the non-exercise (due to the hurting foot) I'm probably back up to 140.

While I'm not normally a glass-half-full kind of person, maybe I can con myself into thinking of this surgery as a new beginning? I won't be able to get up and get snacks for myself so that's a plus. Maybe the two weeks sans snacks will help break that habit. But, what do I do about exercise? My a$$ is going to be in a constant state of numbness from sitting on the couch. I don't want to get all atrophied and weak like you do when you have the flu and lay around for a couple days.

Any suggestions? Maybe I can work on my abs and arms, do isometrics - I don't know?

[annie175]

I have a plate and 10 screws in my ankle, no biggie, you'll be fine.

[butterflywings34]

I'm sure you will do fine with surgery.. I never had surgery till last year and I had 3 of them! I was terrified too, but it wasnt that bad. I fell asleep and it was over.

I was out of work for 4 weeks with one surgery and it sucked. I was in a lot of pain and couldnt exercise at all. The dr. wouldnt even let me fold laundry! If you can you need to do some form of exercise. It is so easy to get out of the habit. Maybe try a new hobbie or something to keep your mind off food too. I eat the most when I'm bored.

Good luck with surgery tomorrow, everything will be ok!

[corazonas]

oh wow, that's scary stuff! (im a surgery-phobe) haha but i'm sure you will be JUST FINE!

As far as the boredom goes... looks like we'll be seeing a lot more of you around 3FC!

[tiggy123]

Paniania, you will be fine, just stay calm, all us fatchicks and your family will be thinking about you. I have had eye surgery and I was worried I was going to go blind the whole time, I kept asking the universal spirit to keep me safe the whole time, and I came out just fine. You will be fine too!

[hotnewspirits]

Good luck! I'm sure itl'll be worth it in the end. You'll be feeling better and better able to be active.

I would say during this period more than exercise you should really try to just keep the quality of food you eat at a high nutritional level and focus on getting better before thinking too much about exercise.

I had jaw surgery and I was so tired from the meds and stuff. Just watch your food intake and you should be fine. I know it can scary to break your fitness routine but you need time to rest.

But from my jaw surgery I have 6 small screws in my jaw and it makes wonderful party conversation. we're like bionic women with reinforced steel parts

[Zen Pharmacy]

Hey, it'll be the bionic foot club!

One of my feet seems more metal than bone. I broke it severely, totally crushing several bones and joints, and had it rebuilt with pins and plates and screws.

At the time I was in training for college softball (man I miss being in that crazy awesome shape, and I got into upper body training for a long time after. I had a lot of physical therapy afterward, so my PT guy gave me modified exercises with free weights and such for a seated position.

I don't know about how long your recovery time. For me, I spent a month or so in a wheelchair, many months on crutches followed by a couple years on a cane. The cane still comes out in winter and rain, but I have full permission to run and haven't had an issue thus far.

I had a friend teach me how to knit during the bed-bound time. Killed lots of time. I'm still not any better at it (I'm a crocheter at heart), but it definitely had me engrossed.

[jahjah1223]

Youll be fine no need to worry!