Hope you get more encouragement from the medical staff than I did when I had the hip done.
As I was going to be incapacitated for some time, I decided to take another run at War and Peace, which I've never managed beyond about page 50.
A doctor attending me, saw the title, shook his head and said, "You have to be joking"
Every time he visited me he giggled.
Abandoned WaP after a couple of days and reverted to John Grisham.
Still not got further than page 50 - bastard!!
Jim Carroll