Stairs after surgery

[Space.Crab 8]

Hello--

I had a questions in regards to being able to go up stairs after surgery. I live in a home where the bathroom and bedrooms are on the 2nd story, so I imagine I will convalesce mostly up there for the first week, but I'm questioning if I should even be attempting stairs a day or two after surgery. Would it be better for me to get a hotel for a week instead?

[catwoman7 11,233]

you won't need a week. I was walking around my house pretty early on. We don't have a full flight of stairs, though (other than to the basement - and I didn't go down there). We do have some half-flights, though - at minimum, I would have gone up one when we came home from the hospital. I don't remember them being much of a challenge. If you're convalescing on the second floor so you're not having to go up and down them all day, you SHOULD be OK - but we'll see if someone with a two-story house responds. And someone who may have had a tougher recovery than I did, too.

[mcfluffington 179]

I lived on a third floor walkup and had no trouble with stairs.

But I stayed in the hospital about a week.

They kept us longer in 2012

[futurefinemama 163]

I have a flight of stairs in my house, so I climbed the stairs at least twice a day the first week. Only problem I had was my equilibrium. So, I did take my time going down the stairs, I was a little dizzy. But after the first full week, I was back to normal.

[California Guy 131]

My bedroom is on the second story. I had surgery, came home the next day, and went right upstairs. Going slow, it was not problem. I went up and down the stairs daily after that.

[Space.Crab 8]

Thank you all! This has calmed my nerves about returning home after surgery.