December Reflections 28: rest

‘Prehabilitation’ is an expression with which I have recently become familiar. Part of me is rolling my eyes; another part finds it a useful way of saying something quickly: in this case, that making sure that one is as well as possible before the operation means that one will recover from it more quickly.

I’m over my cold, so that’s a good start. And I’ve spent considerably more than the suggested twenty minutes ‘walking outside as you are able’ today. And I’m going to bed very soon, honestly. Because yes, rest is important and I’d like to be doing more of it.

But in actual fact I’ve mostly been preparing by turning the heel of the latest sock so I have some easy knitting to do while I wait for my gallbladder removal (laparoscopic cholecystectomy, if you want to be fancy about it). Call it a displacement activity. I am a bit nervous.

In the meantime, yes, rest. I can only aspire to feline levels of rest, but it’s a noble aspiration.