I had foot surgery four days ago and thought it may be therapeutic to share my experience, for both me and others.  Prior to the foot surgery I did some searching on the web to see how other's exercised after their surgery.  Mostly what I uncovered were negative experiences with the foot long after surgery was over and not much regarding exercising during recovery.  Given that I am an slightly overweight female in her early 50's, I was, and continue to be, concerned about gaining more weight while doing nothing for an extended period of time.  I also do not want to end up addicted to the pain killers.

So here I am laying on the couch with my foot jacked up and feeling a bit sorry for myself.  My recovery period is estimated at 6 - 8 weeks with zero use of my left foot.  Yikes.  Yesterday I did 40 minutes of floor yoga.  It was okay, although my foot did hurt a bit afterwards and I decided to take a pain pill - hey it was only day three post-surgery.  I am using both crutches and a knee scooter to navigate through a fairly unfriendly house layout for a non-mobile person.  For the past three days I have navigated the up-stairs to bed on my butt, and used the crutches and banister hobbling back down to spend my days in the living room.  I feel relatively unstable on the crutches and I am concerned about using them for the duration.  The knee scooter is good on the hardwood floor, but not so much on rugs, and can be brutal when going over a small bump - like the edge of a rug.  I flipped backward onto my bad foot on day two - ouch! 

I am grateful that I have bathroom on the same floor as the living room and a husband waiting on me and concerned that I not fall or further injure my foot or other bodily parts - he has been great!

I have not taken any pain killers yet this morning and am thinking of moving into floor yoga before lunch today.  My foot feels mostly fuzzy, but does not really hurt unless I move it.  I am not sure if I will be able to make it through the day without drugs and do not plan on being a drug martyr.