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Tuesday marked 6 weeks post op and honestly that time has flown by. I’ve been back home for 2 weeks which has been so nice although a bit tough mentally. The enormity of the surgery and the journey leading up to it has been a lot to process for both me and my family. The flight back from Germany really took it out of me and jet lag on top of that has made it a rough couple of weeks but things are starting to get a bit more normal. I’m managing to go on small walks most days which seems so crazy to me considering 6 weeks ago prior to surgery I could barely walk 100m without feeling like I was going to pass out from POTS symptoms or my leg giving out. For the first time in 2.5 years I’m not on any medication for my heart or pain which is such a great feeling and crazy even to my doctors.

It hasn’t all been positive and I don’t want to give people the wrong idea that I’m 100% better because in reality recovery is and has been tough and definitely not linear. There are days where I have random surgery pains and lots of tiredness as well as back and rib pain which can be hard not to get caught up on. There’s still a long way to go but looking back at where I was before the surgery and even 1-2 weeks post op the improvements are so insane. For now my focus is on recovery and continuing to build on my strength and eating. I look forward to slowly getting back to normality and being able to do more hopefully soon