I had hip surgery last June 30th and I have been in and out of our TT many times. You will be in the hospital about 5 days and by that time you should be able to get up and go to the bathroom on your own. I came home and was out in our TT within days. going to a rehab place around here is not a good idea. our rehab place is like a dump and the people plain worthless. they wanted me to go to one, I lasted 6 hours and walked out at 1:30 in the morning. glad I left, I am doing much better now and made up my mind I was going to beat this thing. I still have discomfort but it is livable.