Post Op Recovery
It is now two days since I had the surgey on my arm and back to remove various skin cancers. Thankfully they were all excised adequately so no follow up surgery required. Tomorrow morning, I am supposed to be able to take off the dressings and be free to go about things normally. I don't know if the doctor would class running 30k as normal or not!
One of the wounds on my arm is still very swollen and seeping blood, so I don't hold out much hope that it will be OK by tomorrow. I was hoping to start running again then but Saturday or Sunday might be more realistic. Guess it is better than the last time in 2002 when I had to spend 3 weeks in bed recovering with my leg elevated.
I thought that this would be a good rest period for the legs but they feel very heavy. They were very swollen last night as well.
Let this be a lesson to all, respect the sun and slip, slop, slap.
One of the wounds on my arm is still very swollen and seeping blood, so I don't hold out much hope that it will be OK by tomorrow. I was hoping to start running again then but Saturday or Sunday might be more realistic. Guess it is better than the last time in 2002 when I had to spend 3 weeks in bed recovering with my leg elevated.
I thought that this would be a good rest period for the legs but they feel very heavy. They were very swollen last night as well.
Let this be a lesson to all, respect the sun and slip, slop, slap.
posted by Robert Song @ 10:48 pm
4 Comments:
At Fri Jan 20, 10:00:00 am AEST,
Tesso said…
Hope the wounds don't hold you back for too long. And 30k is normal - for you :-)
You'll be happy to know I slapped on the sunscreen at 5:45 this morn before going for a run .... in the rain!
At Fri Jan 20, 10:05:00 am AEST,
Clairie said…
I'm hearing you Robert....I feel very strange and kids thing I am weird when I put sunscreen on the bathroom counter when I go to bed -so I remember to slap it on when I get up at 4am for my morning runs!!
You tend to forget to put it on when it is still night time :)
At Fri Jan 20, 08:01:00 pm AEST,
Hannah said…
Hope you're feeling better soon!
At Sun Jan 22, 04:30:00 pm AEST,
Ewen said…
I hope you managed to do something 'normal' today Robert.
That's a good reminder about the sunscreen for the long runs. My weekday runs are okay as I usually do them in the evenings.
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