There was a time when I had major surgery, for stage 4 endometriosis, and wanted to go to a wedding precisely a week afterward, when I was told recovery was 2-3 weeks. I was told that I probably shouldn’t fly but sometimes people recover early enough. So what I did in that case, was to focus on recovery as hard as I could for the five days after the surgery. When the nurse asked me if I wanted to go home from the hospital as soon as possible, I said that I wanted to stay right where I was for the full time I was allowed that was prepaid for my stay before having to spend the night. Why would I cause extra trauma to my body while it was in early stages of recovery, just to be in a familiar environment. Then, after the first 24hrs where I slept as much as possible but did some walking around every hour to be careful about blood clots, for the next four days I hardly got out of bed and took sleeping pills to encourage myself to stay in bed. I did this until it was time to pack, at which I got up, packed, got on a plane, and was actually recovered enough by the wedding to be able to dance!
I’ve done stuff like that plenty of times. Sometimes I’ve even done the reverse (stuff myself with medicines and stuff this afternoon so that I’ll be fine for the party tonight, even if that means I’d likely be very sick tomorrow and the day after, when I wouldn’t have much to do anyway so I wouldn’t mind staying in bed that much).
I’ve done stuff like that plenty of times. Sometimes I’ve even done the reverse (stuff myself with medicines and stuff this afternoon so that I’ll be fine for the party tonight, even if that means I’d likely be very sick tomorrow and the day after, when I wouldn’t have much to do anyway so I wouldn’t mind staying in bed that much).