Recuperation Hi. I am a community tutor here on italki. Last Friday I had a laparoscopic abdominal surgery to hopefully fix the GERD I've had for a few years. I'm now recuperating. Every day I feel a little more energy. My grown son brought me to the hospital last Friday and had to stay there in the hospital during the surgery. I remember two huge, maybe LED, lamps over the operating table and the next thing I remember I was waking up thrashing around. Maybe subconsciously I felt like I was being attacked and beaten up during surgery, so woke up defending myself. Maybe. This whole thing has been quite the experience. After a time of recovery the nurse pushed me in a wheelchair out to my son's car and he drove me home. He stayed with me till about 11 pm, then he went home. Saturday and Sunday were awful, but I did walk to a nearby store to buy thread. Walking was quite slow. It's good to walk after surgery. Yesterday I walked about two and a half miles, still very slowly. Today is Wednesday and I am so happy that I'm starting to feel more normal. I've given a few classes during this recuperation period. I look forward to being able to ride my bike again - maybe by early next week. Recuperation from laparoscopic surgery is much quicker than regular surgery because the surgeon makes several small incisions instead of a large incision. The surgeon uses small instruments. I just wanted to check in with italki here to say what happened. I have a degree in science, including a lot of biology and had a teaching license to teach biology grades 8-12. I would be happy to explain this surgery to anyone who books a class with me.