I'm 73 and had my surgery at St Francis in Hartford, CT. I wish you all the best in your upcoming surgery. After surgery, walk, walk and walk some more. It really helps minimize the duration and severity of pain. The day I got home, I started walking around inside the house every 2 hrs. First once or twice around and then worked up the distance each day until I was able to begin walking outdoors.

I had my surgery at Mayo Phoenix last Nov. in order to remove my right lower lung lobe due to a stage 2 adenocarcinoma. The surgical staff at Mayo is excellent along with the hospital after care. The procedure was explained very well and they used a nerve block to alleviate the after surgery pain. I was released after only 1.5 days in the hospital and was also on a regimen of Lyrica for the after surgery pain treatment. I don’t believe I used any of the other pain meds after the first day home. So they surgery aspect went better than expected. Walking as much as you can each day does help! The resulting chemotherapy was a different story but everyone handles that experience differently. Best of luck….you’ll be in good hands at Mayo.