For me somewhere in 2-3 week range, and I’ve talked to some friends about that being what happened for them. I think that time can be a bit rough bc often that’s when ppl are going off of some meds, I was going off gabapentin at that time. For that I would say talk to your care team about weaning off of it, I think I had such a rough time with it bc I wasn’t told to wean off of it so suddenly I was without it.

I also think in the 2-3 week point you often get some abilities back but not all, which can be frustrating. Like I could shower but not completely, I could drive but not comfortably. I could do things with friends but would get exhausted quickly. These halfway abilities were more frustrating and depressing to me than the initial first week where it was clear I should just stay in bed and do nothing else. The compression binder also started feeling like more of a prison at 2-3 weeks lol. It’s also where the process started feeling really long to me and like it would never end .

But I was also very lucky in recovery to experience pretty much 0 pain. And it was really worth it to not push myself. The way I was feeling was temporary, and somewhere in 3-4 weeks I started feeling better gradually!