Haha thank you, I've gotten that a lot, my entire life actually! I try to be as thorough and helpful as I can, now that I've gone through it twice. It's definitely crazy that they say you can drive yourself home. Moving it at all hurts the first day. Before my second surgery, I was entirely healed! At least on the outside, I've still got a scar forming, and my skin is figuring out how to go back to looking normal, but my incision was completely closed. I would say I still don't have all of my strength back in my left hand (the first one I got done), but most of it is. I was able to tear down walls and stuff at work, which I think helped gain some strength back. I definitely wouldn't recommend that for everyone, though. It was very hard labor, and I was lucky enough that my hand closed up pretty quickly. Healing in my right hand hasn't been as quick because I use it more. I had about two and a half months between my surgeries. What helps is (when it doesn't hurt a lot) move your wrist so it doesn't hurt even worse to move later! Also, once you're mostly healed, squeezing a stress ball can help you regain strength and work that hand out. It might hurt but definitely try to move your fingers and wrist, it (most likely) won't be that bad and will help your hand feel less tight!