If they do not subside within 20 minutes, notify your doctor. Climbing Stairs Try to limit your trips up and down stairs to only 2-3 times per day until you're feeling stronger. Climb the stairs at a slow pace, stop and rest after every five steps if needed. Affectionate displays are important after being separated from the people you love. It is important to find comfortable positions for your chest and leg incisions.
Communication is now especially important.
It is also important to plan sexual activity, as you would any other activity, for when you are well rested, unstressed, and more than one hour after a meal. For the first 2-3 months, do not support all of your body weight on your arms. Housework Light housework only, for about 3 months, such as dusting, dishes, folding laundry, cooking. No yard work, gardening, carpentry, mowing the lawn or vacuuming for 2-3 months after surgery. Check with your surgeon as to the timing of more intensive recreation.