Slick , You are half way through it with your addittude . Having gone through all the yucky stuff with my hubbys cancer (radiation and sirjury) . It is positiveness that gets you healed the fastest . Some days it may seen like a cloud over you but just ask Speckles to blow them away for you.
As with any surjury the hardest thing is that first walk if you can do it as soon as you can it is the better. After 8 hours of surjury they didn't get him up soon enough and had a slight probem with fluid in his lung. But if you get up and moving in the first 12 hours after waking up it's best. Make sure you use the pain meds at first so you can move , then start weaning your self off of them . But use them to get mobile , you will be back in a month .
If you need any questions answered hubby will gladly talk to you. He's helped a lot of very frightened construction guys thru their surjurys.
Prayers and hugs from Montana