I'm nearly one month from having my gall bladder removed. If you've been following my recovery, you know that just after my operation, I worked myself up to walking four to six miles most every day. Yet my heart is set on running long distances and the doctor gave me permission to start running when I felt ready, strong enough. Tonight was the night.
I had these goals in mind before setting out to my favorite running path, the Provo Canyon trail:
- Plan for 6 miles, even if you have to walk a majority of it.
- Start slow.
- Stop and walk if you feel pain near the healing incisions. For the gall bladder, those areas are just above the belly button; the right abdomen (two incisions there); and just under the right rib cage.
I ran 2.5 miles before I started feeling "stitches" on the right side by the two incisions. This really surprised me. Before the pain set in, I was changing my plans to do eight because I was feeling so well. But alas, this pain that I became accustomed to those first days after the operation when I had walked too far hit and so I stopped running within immediately. I ended up walking and running the rest of the way back to the mouth of the canyon. I'm guessing I ran around 4.25 total.
This is a good beginning.
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