How encouraging to read this! My surgeon is still not sure what he will do until he opens me up! I’m not concerned about the surgery, but the recovery! Surgeries go well with me, it’s the restless legs, bowels that have a mind of their own, the foggy brain, etc. that concerns me! I love to walk, but my bladder fell a few months ago and I was mentally and physically preparing for that surgery when my mitral valve started to have major issues. Now I’m preparing for open heart surgery and the major bladder surgery is pushed into the long away future. Thank you for the suggestion of pushing a cart (mine will be the little one at at Food Lion, because the ones at Wal Mart are so damaged they hurt my bladder). I love to walk in our woods, but I think I need an even, level surface at first!