1. What was the actual day of surgery like? What did the hospital staff do to get you up and walking after the surgery?
2. What was your first week home like? What was the biggest thing you did NOT prepare for, or that surprised you about coming home after the surgery?
3. How bad was the pain? Some marathoners joke that the day after the day after can be the worst. Did the pain or discomfort peak at any point and then get consistently better, or did you experience a lot of different kinds of pain over time? What pain killers worked best for you, or had the least bad side-effects? What other strategies besides taking pain killers worked best for you to lower pain and hasten recovery?
4. What advice would you give to someone to plan out how they organize their home for the first week or two after the surgery?
5. knowing what you know now, would you do it all again?
Posted by Jeff Kennedy
1. What was the actual day of surgery like? What did the hospital staff do to get you up and walking after the surgery?
2. What was your first week home like? What was the biggest thing you did NOT prepare for, or that surprised you about coming home after the surgery?
3. How bad was the pain? Some marathoners joke that the day after the day after can be the worst. Did the pain or discomfort peak at any point and then get consistently better, or did you experience a lot of different kinds of pain over time? What pain killers worked best for you, or had the least bad side-effects? What other strategies besides taking pain killers worked best for you to lower pain and hasten recovery?
4. What advice would you give to someone to plan out how they organize their home for the first week or two after the surgery?
5. knowing what you know now, would you do it all again?