For me, walking. That’s because that’s the only structured exercise I do anyway.

I started walking the day after I got home from the hospital (so two days after surgery). At first, it was very slow and uncomfortable walks up and down the length of my house, maybe 10-15 minutes tops, and very gingerly.

I did that for 3-4 days, then moved to the treadmill on a very slow speed after that, and I’d slightly increase it every few days.

It probably took me a month of walking on it every day to get to the 2-mile point at a normal-to-slightly-brisk pace.

Nowadays, nearly 6 months post-surgery, I do my 2 miles at a pace that’s just under a jog, so very brisk walking. I do that 5 days a week.

As to driving, I can’t remember, but I was back to that pretty quickly. I didn’t ride in a car at all with my catheter (except for on the way home from the hospital, then back up 8 days later to have it removed), but I’m pretty sure I drove when we went up for my initial follow-up a month later.

That’s just me, though. I never push my recovery and I follow my doc’s orders as precisely as I can. Some guys, frankly, see it as some sort of challenge to their masculinity to try and beat the doc’s recommendation, which is fine for them, but not me. I’ve always been a very patient person.