Hospital bed??

For me, with a bmx and one step recon, that would have been going overboard. I think we are all different when it comes to this. If you have strong abs and legs and the use of your arm on the non-Mx side I think you should be fine but you won’t know until after your surgery. Wishing you the best.

I slept in a recliner for almost three weeks. Also, I found button up pjs the easiest to change in and out of by myself. Good luc

My problem is I don't have a strong core. I have pelvic organ prolapse so using my core to try to get out of bed would be disaster. I've sort of been rolling to my good side and pushing up with that side.

You might also want to price out recliners at Wayfair, Walmart, Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowes, etc. You can get a decent recliner with electric controls - one that will certainly last for as long as you need it post-surgery - in the $150-300 range, which is comparable to monthly hospital bed rental, and then you can sell it when you're done with it and recoup much of the cost. When I had my BMX last December, the demand for home hospital beds in my area far exceeded the supply (because of COVID, hospitals were keeping in-patient stays as short as possible and sending people home to recover), but I was able to get a recliner from Best Buy delivered and set up two days after I ordered it in the store. As it turned out, since I didn't have flap reconstruction (went with direct to implant) my core muscles were fine and I only used the recliner for a couple of days. A friend of mine did have the DIEP reconstruction, and it took a few weeks for her stomach muscles to be useful again.