Could you please tell me when you got out of the hospital? If it was the day of surgery, what time in the evening were you released? Also, how were you feeling the next day, and when were you ok to drive?

My surgery just got scheduled for less than 2 weeks from now, and so my husband and mom probably don't have enough notice to get time off from work. I'm trying to make a plan in my head of how I'm going to work out getting to and from the hospital, particularly because I live an hour away.

My surgery was at 1:15, I was in my friends car heading home by 4:30, and that included a hiatal hernia repair.

It was a wednesday. I walked the dog (slowly) on Thursday at 7:00am.

On Friday I went to the spa for a mani pedi, on Saturday I was driving.

I am single and live alone (with my dog) so I had to "get on with it".

I think if I had a spouse who was willing to cater hand and foot i would have milked it for an entire week !!