I am now 1 week post op and had been recovering quite well I think. I spent Tuesday night helping out at a cold weather shelter where I really did absolutely nothing except sit in a chair most of the night. No one would let me lift anything etc because the knew I was only 5 days post op. well, yesterday I slept most all day and today and I still sore as nobodies business. If I had it to do all over again I would, because homelessness is a cause I feel very passionately about and whatever pain I am feeling is nothing compared to the pain and suffering of living on the streets, especially when it is cold outside, but whew....taking way longer to recover than I thought it would.

I can't really say anything to my family and friends about how sore I am because not one of them wanted me to go to the shelter

The good news is I am 35 pounds down from my HW. 10 pounds from DOS and that included the 8 pounds I put on in Fluid at the hospital!

WOW good for you just be careful. It is so easy to get hurt a this stage.

As my grandmother would say: "There is a star in your crown". :-)

Oh and heating pads do wonders. I lived with mine on my back in the recliner for a while.