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3rd day back at work and totally knackered!

Aussie38
Aussie38
I am back at work after 6 weeks recovery and the first two days were fine, but today was day 3 and I have run out of energy!
I am an education assistant and uni student (studying teaching) this week and next week I am doing a prac placement for me degree - I am teaching year 4 kids all day everyday and lesson planning until 9 at night when I get home, then up at 6am to walk my dogs before work. Once prac is over I will be working in my education assistant role but only a couple of days a week which will be easier. I just have to survive this prac placement. Then I can start dreading my 10 week final prac that starts in July - I am not sure I'll have the energy to do it with a smile;)
rmb
rmb
That was my experience. Felt fabulous the first couple of days back at work, and then the fatigue completely takes you by surprise and kicks your butt. It's totally part of the recovery when you go back to work. I found that I'd come home and just go to sleep, all night, until the next morning. That lasted for a couple of weeks, if I remember, and then I started to get my stamina back. Hang in there!
TossNTurn
TossNTurn
Yeah, I had this happen too, even though I went back with partial days for a long time. I was working back up to full days and one day just pushed it too hard. Wound up so exhausted that I couldn't do anything but lie on the couch and cry. Slept all weekend and went back and did it again.

It does get better!
jmac67
jmac67
it does get easier but you really need to try not to push too far too fast, i still dont manage 3 days in a row - i do 2 on and 1 off then 2 on. dont think i would last a full week without my day to recharge my batteries in between.
rmb
rmb
You're talking to a woman who just ran up tall building.
Aussie38
Aussie38
LMAO rmb! That only took 30mins, I need to keep going all day at the moment;)
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