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[Dreadbelly]

The physical therapy stuff is entirely out of hospital. Mostly a list of things to do to restore abdominal integrity. Walking, stretching, breathing excercises, little things to do to promote healthy muscles during the healing process.

Failure to do these things could result in a weak abdominal wall, and could effect future events like pregnancy. Could also heal badly and leave a weak painful spot, a hernia, that would hurt like the dickens when she coughs or sneezes.

Any advice or insight would indeed, be appreciated.

Edit. Forgot. I should mention, my wife is 39 years old. So her being in better shape than many 20 year olds really is a big deal. Her average blood pressure is 120/70. Her cholesterol is 70 something. Other than some bad asthma, she really is good to go. Had she not been in the health she is in, this surgery would have likely been disasterous and the recovery process prolonged considerably. It wasn't always this way... Her cholesterol was over 200, her blood pressure was much much higher, and she couldn't get up a single flight of steps with out clutching and puffing her inhaler for dear life and spending 10 to 20 minutes gasping for air and trying to recover. We both smoked. So a lot has changed.