Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 9/17/11 12:09 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I really needed to mow the lawn and the weather was beautiful and I was feeling pretty good... and I had already had to impose on someone else to do it right after I had surgery... and I thought that it would be ok for me to mow it (even though I only had my open exploratory surgery 2.5 weeks ago) since it is a fairly small yard and my mower is self-propelled with adjustable speed. I do have a small but somewhat steep hill in the backyard, however, because most of the backyard is about 3 feet lower than the level the house sits at.

NOT a good decision. My abdominal muscle now hurts along the incision and on one side under my ribcage. It seems like I do this almost every time I have surgery.... overestimate what I am able to do and then "pay for it" in pain for the next day or two. I have had enough surgeries that you would think I would learn... but nooooooo.

Guess I'll spend tomorrow doing nothing bu****ching football (and the old NCIS epsiodes I recorded today) in my jammies...

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

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cajungirl
on 9/17/11 12:20 pm

RNY on 02/21/05

Yes that is too much. Hope the "pushing it" doesn't cause you any major setback.

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lilbear412
on 9/17/11 12:25 pm - MN

RNY on 08/25/11

yep sure you really mowed the lawn so you would have an excuse to watch football tomorrw....j/k

take some tylenol and take it easy tomorrow...next time jus****ch football..don't mow the lawn so you would have an excuse to relax..haha..again j/k

Laurie says: Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind ~~~ dr. suess

Samantha L.
on 9/17/11 12:45 pm - Petaluma, CA

RNY on 07/01/10

Oh my gosh! I hope you're alright.

Enjoy your day of leisure.. you deserve it.

Oh, and hey... in another few weeks when you feel better, I have a lawn that could use some attention.

Laura in Texas
on 9/17/11 1:13 pm

RNY on 09/17/08

Oh, no!! Hope you feel better soon!! My mower is NOT self-propelled so I knew I needed a lawn service for a while!!

Laura

Laura in Texas

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fatfreemama
on 9/17/11 1:23 pm - San Jose, CA

RNY on 12/07/09

Do we ever learn when it comes to ourselves? Feel better.
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SweetGirl11
on 9/17/11 4:47 pm

RNY on 06/08/09

Lora, I'm so sorry to hear that your enthusiasm got the best of you! What's done is done. Now RELAX for the next day or so and enjoy that football and NCIS and rest those abs!!!

Michelle (OH member since 2004 - new user name)

HW 285 / SW 270 / GW 140 / LW 135 / CW 185

RNY 6/8/2009
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AnneGG
on 9/17/11 7:04 pm

RNY on 07/15/10

Please take gentle care of yourself! Football tomorrow sounds like just the ticket!

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happyhealing
on 9/18/11 12:07 am

What kind of surgery did you have? Yeah take it easy. I had a stomach hernia repair and they said no pushing, pulling, bending, reaching overhead, and lifting for a good 8 weeks. Take it easy and be sure and root for them Niners today. hahahah

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 9/18/11 12:40 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I had an open exploratory laparotomy (incision from breastbone to belly button) to find the cause of the intermittent (and increasingly frequent) severe abdominal pain I had been having for the past 18 months (scar tissue causing intestine to be stuck to abdominal wall and to "grow" into the mesh put in when I had my hernia repair).

49ers, huh? I'm a Broncos girl, but I hate their new (2 years ago) coach and QB, and don't really expect them to do much better this year than they did last year. I'm also a lifelong Ohio State Buckeyes fan, but with the loss of our coach and the 5-game player suspensions for trading memorbilia for tatoos (stupid NCAA rules!), it could be a long, depressing football season.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Ok, so mowing the lawn (and small hill) wasn't very smart 2.5 weeks post-op

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Ok, so mowing the lawn (and small hill) wasn't very smart 2.5 weeks post-op

Laurie says: Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind ~~~ dr. suess