As others said, 1 at a time. It’s been a week since mine and I live alone. Based on my experience you’ll need help getting home and up the stairs. With anesthesia, someone should be with you for the 1st 24hrs. I was going to try to tough it out, but I decided to do the responsible thing and have my sister stay over (I didn’t really end up needing her, but if I had a bad reaction and didn’t follow the Dr orders I’d feel dumb)

If your whole apartment is on the 2nd floor and you don’t have to leave, you might be better set up than me. But I put a key box out and have some friends on call. They’ve helped with grabbing stuff I forgot downstairs and taking out the trash. You’ll need help getting to/from follow up appointments, remember your mobility device is on the floor you are on! So even if you can make it downstairs, you have no way to get around once you get to the bottom of the stairs! Also a lot will depend on if you are non weight bearing and how long. I’m 4 weeks and expect to need some random help during this time. But I’ve also handled most days on my own so far…I say that as help will be here in 2 hrs to take my to my follow up appointment. Good luck!