My husband wants to know what my first month post op will be like.

I already have a good idea but he thinks I will baby myself too much. LOL What I really want to do is to make good progress with my recovery so I can get on with my life. Hubby told me to post this here because he would like to know from the postops what to expect as far as what will I be capable of doing and how much activity would be about average. He is mostly concerned about what chores I will be able to do.(MEN!) A little background on me- BMI 52, 45 yrs old; surgery open RNY August 7/03; out of town surgery and hospital stay will be 5-8 days; CLEAR FLUIDS for 6 weeks-full fluids for 2, puree for 2, soft for 2, solids after that as tolerated; history of incision infection with C-section - home nursing for 6 weeks for wound care; house has 14 stairs, no toilet on the main floor; laundry in the basement-12 more stairs; 1 child-6 yrs old-will be in school all day starting Sept3-will need to be brought to school and picked up; hubby works steady days 8-5; hubby is fully capable of taking care of EVERYTHING-he can cook, clean and entertain our son. Hubby will be home on vacation from my surgery date until Sept 1. Should he take care of everything and I will take care of me?? Please help with advice, your spouses opinions are welcome :) mary ann taylor

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