Well, you ladies are doing a good job preparing for your recovery! I think you have all bases covered. About the reading, it was only about a week or two before I went back to avidly reading. The first few days are spent on concentrating on making yourself comfortable as possible. My daughter loaned me her IPad and it was invaluable to me as I laid in bed, especially sometimes in the wee hours when I could not sleep.
I stayed up to-date on facebook, checked ebay, researched on Amazon.com, and kept up with the news.
The very best piece if advice I can give you is this: TAKE YOUR MEDICINE BY THE CLOCK! I am seven weeks out and I not had one time that I was in severe pain! My husband made a chart on the computer for seven days a week and he gave me my medicine exactly by the clock and would check it off. That included pain meds, anti-inflammatory, stool softeners, and iron supplements. After two days, I was able to get on and off the bed so to let him sleep all night I set the alarm on my cellphone, woke up, ate a cracker or two, took my pain meds, surfed in the IPad awhile and went back to sleep. He is a teacher and was off this summer, so he took over the regimen during the day.
For the last three weeks I have been sleeping all night without needing pain meds.
Forgive the rambling. I just wanted to emphasize that you do not have to suffer through your recovery!
I will lift you all up in prayer for safety through the surgery, for a successful outcome, and for a manageable and swift recovery!
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