How active were you the first few days thru the first week of surgery? How much walking is enough? How much is to much? What other activities did you do?

I stayed home a total of three days (that includes the day of surgery). During those days, I walked a little bit every hour or so....down to the mailbox and back. Around the back yard. Across the street to chat with a neighbor. And a little more each day. Then, on Friday, I went to work. I park under the building so no walking there, but our parking deck has access to a recreational area (like a state park) so I went out and walked a little ways and back. From that point, I just walked a little more total each day. Listen to your body....you'll know if you try to push too hard. I did dishes and stuff at home, but my adult granddaughter (20) who lives with me vaccumed and stuff. I did a little laundry here and there. And I let the other housekeeping stuff just wait!

I was hospitalized over night but was up and walking 5 hrs after surgery. Once home I relaxed a little and only moved around a little.

I started walking outside (around the neighborhood) about 4 days after I was home. Now I walk 4-5 x a week and after ny mext appt May 15 I plan to join Curves-

The only walking I did was to the bathroom and back. I was in so much pain. I was out for a week...so, I didn't do a whole lot. And if you do too much walking, your body with definitely tell you.

I was in the hospital for two days after surgery on IV fluids. I could not get anything down at all so they had to feed me with the IVs. This really wiped me out.

I am a 6'3" man, that was fairly active before the surgery. I would do the elliptical cross trainer for 30 minutes everyday and would take my 4 year old to the park, etc. But when I got back all I wanted to do was sit and hold my stomach.

I knew that walking helped but I did not have the energy. My wife started taking me for rides since she noticed that the bumpy roads where we lived produced a lot of burps out of me while we were driving around, so we did that.

I was like that for about 4 or 5 days after surgery then I started getting a full nights sleep and having energy again.

Just do what you can,

-BSG

P.S. - Getting in a hot shower and singing and rocking back and forth really helps with the gas too.