English Original Sentence
Since I was sick for a week, I’m making every possible effort to catch up.
Does recuperare express the notion of making up for time lost? To me it sounds more like recovering from the sickness.
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On second thought, to recover, wouldn’t that be *recuperarmi? 
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Looks like we have several options depending on context. Nice!
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Yes, “recuperare” in general means “to salvage”, to recover or to retrieve, but it is commonly used in the sense of “getting back” lost time.
In the sense “Recovering from a sickness” I would use “riprendersi” or “rimettersi in forze” or even “recuperare le forze”.
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