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How soon after surgery could you....

Drive?

Sleep on your stomach?

swim?

walk a mile or more?

stand on your feet for more than a hour at a time?

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Drive?

Sleep on your stomach?

swim?

walk a mile or more?

stand on your feet for more than a hour at a time?

1) Drove home from the airport - so day 4

2) Was able to sleep on my stomach around day 5 (with pain pill before bed); quit the pain pills after day 5

3) Started swimming about 2 weeks out - my surgeon said it was safe once the scabs fell off

4) I would say also around 2 weeks. Until then, I found that I'd get tired really fast and didn't really experiment with walking far from home for fear of having issues getting back

5) Hard to say, as it's not something that's usually part of my day

Drive?

sleep on your stomach?

swim?

walk a mile or more?

stand on your feet for more than a hour at a time?

1. Day 5 (I could have driven sooner but there was no need, my mom was here chauffering my girls to school and back ;) )

2. Side sleeping on day 2 (as soon as I was outta that miserable hospital bed) Tummy sleeping (day 10)

3. Not supposed to swim or have a bath until 3 weeks out (I'm a few days away from that)

4. Day 12

5. Day 2 (easily!)

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