It's Just Something That's Happening

[bloodyrosemccoy]

I do feel like I've hit the Crying phase of healing. Not sadness, or feeling all PMSy and weepy, but just a really strong urge to cry. Maybe I need to dump some stress hormones or something.

Comments

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Hang in there! I know I was intensely frustrated by how slowly I healed after my surgery - it was 6 weeks before I felt even close to mobile, while other people claimed they were up and about like normal in a week. (Also, weirdly, I had a lot of trouble sleeping a whole night lying down. My easy chair was my very best friend ever, and I ended up sleeping in it halfway through a lot of nights.)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

That makes me feel a lot better, actually. It's one thing to KNOW healing takes time and another to sit around waiting for that time to happen.

I think I have just now managed to get to the point where I am sleeping all right. At first I couldn't really even focus on being asleep, if that makes any sense--I kept jering awake or just not quite making it all the way to deep sleep, or something. It's a relief!

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

Recovery is ridiculously exhausting. Your body's putting a lot of energy towards fixing itself.