Well, thanks to this thread I was inspired to take a long walk to the bank and back today. Nobody really told me anything about walking (or, in fact, much of anything else) when I left the hospital (though they did encourage me to walk up and down the halls post-surgery, in the period when I was still unable to stand up straight).
Really, it wouldn't even have occurred to me to walk more than to the corner. But, after reading about everybody's long walks after the hospital, I decided to see what I could do. It went pretty well (probably about 1-1/2 miles), although now I'm TIRED.
Fair enough. If I'm going to go back to work next week, I might as well start moving.
Thanks for you all giving me the idea, Snoopy