Hi, Bob! Hope you are feeling better!
Thanks, much! 😎 One week following surgery... the surgeon was the biggest problem! Surgery done on Feb 24th, DISCHARGED THE SAME DAY!!! Major spinal surgery!
I asked for instructions or literature on many things such as getting in and out of bed, how to use toilet, eat... all he would say is that his patients recover quickly.
Fortunately my son, an RN and lives with me, had the procedure last year {different surgeon} and has helped, coached and encouraged me through it so far. He was dumbfounded that the hospital released me the same day. He was kept three days following his procedure, was scheduled for four.
I am moving about well, sometimes without a walker. {He helped me prepare for all the stuff I would want to obtain and recover.} The pain has greatly subsided. Problems arrive but are hopefully transient.
Thanks to all FReeQers for their good wishes and kind encouragement. ❤