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Your recovery at home

You will be encouraged to steadily increase your activity once you are home. Walking is great exercise! Walking will help your general recovery by strengthening your muscles, keeping your blood circulating to prevent blood clots, and helping your lungs stay clear.

Reviewed by The Cleveland Clinic Department of Colorectal Surgery and Thomas E. Garofalo, MD, (2005).

Edited by Cynthia Dennison Haines, MD on March 01, 2006.

Last Editorial Review: 12/13/2007

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