In the past year and a half, I have had 3 carpal tunnel surgery, elbow release, 2 reverse shoulder replacements, a broken wrist, more wrist surgery and 4 weeks ago a total hip replacement. I was doing pretty good until this hip replacement. I was kept two days in the hospital due to getting the pain under control. I left the hospital with anemia, and blood pressure is 101/42.
At home my blood pressure dropped to very low-75/43-like that.
Very fatigued and no motivation to do anything.
My primary care doctor withheld some blood pressure meds, and prescribed iron supplements for 2 months. She said with my blood loss during surgery it would take awhile to build up the red blood cell count.
It is a relief to know there is a reason I am so fatigued.
It is very easy to think it is our fault for fatigue and to think that if we just get up and move it will get better.