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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Post operative life => Topic started by: Evolving Beauty on June 30, 2016, 05:15:21 PM

Title: Do you feel physically weak months after post op?
Post by: Evolving Beauty on June 30, 2016, 05:15:21 PM
I don't know whether it's just me but I feel super weak since I operated and I am now 2 years post op. I get tired super easily. Do you feel the same or its just me?
Title: Re: Do you feel physically weak months after post op?
Post by: jfong on June 30, 2016, 05:17:08 PM
5mo shy of 2yrs here, and no such symptoms.
A bit weaker in terms of strength - yes, but not to the point of being tired easily

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Title: Re: Do you feel physically weak months after post op?
Post by: AnonyMs on June 30, 2016, 05:19:56 PM
Have you checked your hormone levels are ok?
Title: Re: Do you feel physically weak months after post op?
Post by: Dena on June 30, 2016, 05:25:59 PM
I was dragging for the first couple of month but 6 days confined to a bed didn't help. Moving around and returning to a normal routine helped build my strength and endurance to a normal level. In the last year I have added an evening walk to my routine and I find it has helped put me in better physical shape. It has now reached the point were it doesn't feel right if I miss a walk.
Title: Re: Do you feel physically weak months after post op?
Post by: Jenna Marie on June 30, 2016, 09:34:35 PM
I think it took me about six months to be back to 100% of my pre-op energy and stamina, but by about 2-3 months I was back to 90%. You may have something else going on if it's lasted this long? (Maybe thyroid or something similar?)
Title: Re: Do you feel physically weak months after post op?
Post by: Serenation on July 01, 2016, 08:31:31 PM
You should be fine after 2 years. Anything in the first year I'd say was down to recovery. Like AnonyMs said be worth checking your hormone levels.
Title: Re: Do you feel physically weak months after post op?
Post by: Nicole on July 01, 2016, 09:08:42 PM
I did tier a little quicker at first, but feel fine after maybe 2 months
Title: Re: Do you feel physically weak months after post op?
Post by: karenpayneoregon on July 02, 2016, 08:04:26 AM
I am two years post-op, thinking back it took around three or four months until I felt 100 percent again. The first week after surgery was sleeping a little more than normal and the second week about the same. Things really started picking up around five weeks after surgery.
Title: Re: Do you feel physically weak months after post op?
Post by: Doreen on July 17, 2016, 04:37:42 PM
I felt weak as a newborn kitten for quite a while, and even now 15+ years post, I have like no stamina (and I workout a lot).  Then again, I was off HRT for a few years.  Back on now, and at least my constant dizziness is finally going away.  I suspect it was the non-existent T* levels.