I haven't been on here much so am slow in posting on here!
Thinking good thoughts for you & sending good wishes for you!
Don't be planning to do too much too soon, as that could lead to disappointment. If they're removing a lobe of your lung, do expect to be very short of breath to start with. I'm not trying to be a downer, just don't want to have you be terribly disappointed at how well you don't feel to start with!! Been there, done that, though of course mine was not done the "easy" way with just a couple small incisions and a scope, mine was the full incision, spreading the ribs until they cracked (and those cracked ribs were about the worst part of the whole thing!)--so took longer to heal.
Hint--do not exhale while they are removing the chest tubes. Not all doctors warn you to inhale and hold your breath for those few seconds. (The resident that removed mine didn't, he was too busy being stuck on his own importance to think about something as mundane as the patient!
The nurses didn't call him Hot Flash for nothing!! I was so glad that he wasn't my surgeon, & I didn't have to have follow up appointments with him!!) Inhaling at the wrong moment will earn you new chest tubes, and they are much less fun than the initial ones! (The resident who removed my second set did warn me, thank you very much--I'd already learned something from the first time & didn't need warning the next time!!
Anyway, all the best to you Jill, I'll be waiting to see an update from someone on here, even if you don't feel up to using your laptop for awhile.