RE: Of Prune Juice And Ginger Ale
That was nice of whoever found it, but now it has me wondering, you see It took me forever to get to where I could drink Orange Juice straight. I always had to have a little fizz to go with it, so I would do half and half OJ and Sprite. I loved it. I wonder if Prune Juice mixes well with Ginger Ale?
I very rarely have a fizzy drink (soda) anymore because Diabetes, but do still like it for mixers sometimes.
If you have not had a hernia operation before, tell her she really really needs to go for those fifteen minute or longer walks. I had a heck of a time returning to close to normal from my hernia operation. (I did not like the walking it hurt a lot). I had to force myself to walk and to really walk, not shuffle, but it does heal it is just a slow process, the pain will go away. Don't let her bend over to pick anything up heavier than a dead kleenex.
Hey, @bashadow.
I've been trying to discourage her from bending at all, but I guess she's already done it a time or two. Can't take orders, apparently. :) She's been walking around upstairs, but we haven't gotten her out yet. Maybe we'll try that. The problem is our bedroom is upstairs so getting her down and then back up is something we've been avoiding for the last few days. I'm grateful for the feedback because the surgeon did seem to emphasize the walking and it's something she likes to do.
That's too bad you've had a hard time just drinking juice straight up. I have no idea what prune juice mixed with ginger ale tastes like. I would probably go with Sprite first, but I'm not partial to prune juice, either. :)
Walking is a pain, and it hurts, and climbing stairs a real pain from what I remember, but the walking will actually help with the pain, it helps to re strengthen the muscles that got nipped a bit here and a bit there.
We actually took a 15 minute walk this morning for a couple blocks up and back, and she seemed to do pretty good. I thinks she was happiest just to get downstairs and outside for a while. Problem is, she starts looking at everything she would like to have done, and either wants to do it herself, or me. :)
She made it down the stairs quite well and then back up the stairs, too. A pretty big improvement over Monday's ascent, I believe.
That's good, she just needs to keep up with what the Doctor said. Soon she will be back to her old self. it gets easier every day.