Walking.....

[vsgjourney 19]

Hello all, I am 3 days post op and wanted to know how much walking should i be doing? People say to walk alot but alot could have different meanings for different people so i dont know what alot it. Can someone provide me with examples please.

[shahada 82]

I personally walked about 5k-6k steps daily the first two weeks of my surgery. I'd say about 2 ish miles? But what everyone else does doesn't matter Listen to your body and what feels good. If a couple of blocks feels good, do it! If longer does, keep going

[Comeflywithme 402]

I didn't measure my walking, but I would walk I'd say for about 10 minutes nonstop every two hours, including at nights, I would wake up with gas discomfort so I would take a Gas X and walk walk walk. Good luck, hope you feel better soon... you will love yourself in about 3 weeks and after that, it gets better and better!!!

[CdnGirlinNC 10]

I was way too sore to walk more then 10 minutes at a time and slowly until about 9 days post op but I was up and about often throughout the days - very important for lots of reasons but most important for circulation. I am now 19 days post op and am walking 30 minutes twice per day plus a 20 minute bike ride.

[Bob2013 326]

The first couple days its more like walk to the bathroom, walk to the kitchen, standing while preparing food, doing basic chores. Maybe walk a couple minutes down the block and back. After that you should be walking at constantly increasing distances.