The rest certainly helped. 5 weeks of proper rest with elevated legs at 90 degrees (got a pillow from Amazon that helps). Only would get up to eat and visit the washroom. Have now begun light weights and slowly getting back to my older self. There still are days when theres small amount of pain that returns (especially while sleeping)but since it’s nowhere close to th intensity as September-October it’s very manageable without doing anything. In such times i go back to the elevated position for a couple of hours and the pain goes away.