Over my fears of haveing surgery & now a few questions

I should but I don't.

That said, if I know I am going to be sitting for long periods of time (i.e., long road trips), I will wear compression sleeves on my calves but I don't go full on with the compression stockings.

Thank you for your post, this is also my concern, but instead I have young kids and a single parent and will really have to arrange for family to come over to help me out when im recovering.  Kudos to you for you taking care of your parents  walking on your break is an excellent idea also there are tons of exercise videos on youtube you can do at home 15 mins to start is better than nothing.

Have you had surgery yet? Good suggestion with the 15 minute videos! It has to be hard putting yourself first with being a single parent. You're being a great example for them.

I just need my cardiac clearance and they will submit for approval, six months of supervised diet is out the way, times sure flies! good luck to you!

I have one more month and then they submit to insurance!! Good luck!

You sure have alot going on and it is wonderful that you are taking steps for your health. I am having surgery next Thursday the 17th. Three days before my birthday. I know how you feel except that I am a single mom of three teenage boys and work as a purchasing buyer in the oil field. Very stressful job. I started walking at lunch. After the surgery I hope to get right back to walking and then see how much energy I have...lol.    I have alot of joint pain due to fibro. Here's hoping both our surgeries go great and we start getting the energy some have posted about :-)