Walking distance

Yes it's normal. I was very much like you in the same time frame. at 10 weeks you feel about 90% it was not until a year that I felt completely completely healed. I got odd twinges once in a while all through until the year mark.

It takes a LONG time to recover fully, I think it was about 18 months before I felt really back to normal.

Looking at my website blog, I was walking up to about 2 miles in town (so nice pavements, no slopes) at ten weeks, so you sound to be about on target.

Feeling tired is one of the main problems, you need to build your stamina slowly, and your 'walk - rest - walk' is probably as good a way to do it as any other way.

Best wishes

Graham

Hi Sandra, I was the same at 10 weeks. You feel as though you're doing so well, and then you get achy. I was back at work part-time and feeling a bit tired, and then sometimes I was out with friends, walking a lot, and then feeling really tired! Now at over a year, I have so much more stamina. Just take it steadily.

Hi Sandra,

I'm 14 weeks post op and like you I'm gardening etc... and like you I don't have any issue's with it, but walking far is quite tough I get tired out after ten minutes and sometimes have to stop, I go out every day for a walk for at least 20 mins or more, my main problem is muscular, my back and leg muscles are noticeably weaker and tighter than before the op and become very painful if I overdo it.

I didn't realise recovery would take so long I thought it was because I've become unfit and probably that's a part of it, but when you think of the operation itself its no wonder getting over it takes such a long time!