<p>Why oh why am I still so tired ? I am sleeping about 12 hours a day . My mobility is better .I am 5 days post op . This whole recovery thing is really hard !</p>
<p>You’re tired because your body is busy doing something else – even though you can’t see it. It doesn’t have enough energy for the things you would like to do.</p>
<p>It will get better. </p>
<p>This is what daytime TV was invented for.</p>
<p>I hope you are recovering nicely from your surgery, fauxmaven. Boredom was something I suffered from a bit after my surgery in January, but I found that sudoku puzzles, books, movies, etc. were helpful. One thing I did, too, was have DH bring me the files from the filing cabinet. I went through and cleaned them all out and went through a large stack of papers to add to the files. Organizing pictures is another fun thing to do while also being productive. Feel better soon!</p>
<p>Recovering from surgery takes something like 3,000 calories a day. No wonder you’re tired.</p>
<p>Sleep.</p>