I had a shocker this week. I went skiing in Colorado. I don't know if it was the altitude, the cold, the skiing , or the relaxing week with no stress that made a difference but when I went away I was on 7 pads per day 10 weeks post surgery. While there it went down to three pads per day (1 at night). One day I had one pad for 13 hours.
Today, one week later, I went the entire day on 2 pads! (still one at night). Finally light at the end of the tunnel.