So, from what I am told, post-SRS it is hard and/or painful to climb stairs for a number of weeks. My home is a century-old apartment building currently being slowly renovated. I live three flights up. Elevators will be installed at some point, but I cannot see them ending up placed anywhere except a half-stair down from my door, so even when in place, getting home would involve walking through a building zone and some steep steps.

In addition, there are steps in the shower, which is old and clunky and cramped. I’ll eventually have that replaced, but it makes no sense to do that until the water mains are also replaced, something which is planned for… sometime.

Taken together, these things may suggest there is a period of at least 1-2 months early in SRS recovery when living at home will be… difficult. My backup I guess is the guest house my institute hosts, where I stayed some times in the past; there I know there are no-stairs handicap-equipped ground floor rooms, based on the fact all these buildings were East Babylon hospital grounds at some point in the past. I can take lodging there if I book in advance far enough, I just have to budget for that also.

In some sense this is good though. Realizing that even if the elevator installations happens fast, it still won’t let me stay at home in early recovery, that means I have no reason to let waiting for refurbishment keep me from proceeding with my SRS prep.

Also saw instructions provided post-op from my native country. They detailed how to lie down and get out of bed without spreading legs. This scared me viscerally as I juxtapozed it with Chettawut instructions not to spread at all during first three months, as stitches may be hurt. This is immensely scary, as it implies there are habitual movements of just navigating space that can hinder recovery, not just hurt but even cause damage, sabotage.

So what I have to do from now on is to practice that until habitualization, learning to lie and sit and stand without spreading legs wide at any point. If I train it already now as a necessity, I will feel more secure that I shall be able to maintain it when I have to.

Is this obsessive? I don’t think so. I’m planning something very large-scale, it makes every bit of sense to take it seriously on all levels.

In other words, I suppose I am sure I’ll have SRS as soon as I can make it work.