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the shizzle => diet, training and injuries => Topic started by: Ged on January 18, 2020, 08:08:21 pm
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Usual caveat of being careful about advice received on the Internet etc, but I know there's a few physios on here. I had my appendix taken out last week, via keyhole surgery. It hurt like hell for a few days, and now only hurts a bit.
I've got no desire to start doing any kind of climbing or training until its not hurting, but would like to get running ASAP as I'm losing my mind a bit. My question is, how careful does one need to be after this sort of surgery? My only comparison is my wife, after pregnancy and a c section being told to be really careful for months, but I'm guessing that was as much to do with the muscle separation during pregnancy as it was the actual c section cut. All I've got is 3 poxy paper cuts on my belly. Is it a case of if it doesn't hurt, crack on? Or is there potential to do damage by too much too soon.
Thanks in advance for any advice
Ged
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I am not a healthcare professional but I had this surgery 3 years ago (side note, I spent Christmas Day night in the Northern General with appendicitis and they took it out on Boxing Day. The Doctor was called Gabriel. You could not make this sh*t up).
This was on the Eve of a 3 month trip to Font and I was clearly concerned about what impact it would have on my climbing. I was told not to drive for a number of weeks but in terms of climbing I adopted a tolerance of carrying on climbing with some mild discomfort.
I had to drop my grade and mantels / top outs seemed particularly bad but I never pushed it to the point of real pain. I was pretty much back to my normal climbing grade within 3 weeks.
We've also just recently had a baby and of the two options I would pick having my appendix out over pregnancy every time.
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Cheers, good to know.
And yes, I'd take appendicitis any day!