Pain following the procedure is minimal and easily helped with prescribed medications. Your surgeon will give you a list of instructions to follow, the most important being that you are not allowed to sit or lie straight on your back for two weeks following the procedure. Sleeping must be done on either your stomach or side, and standing as much as possible is recommended. The only time you are allowed to sit is when you use the bathroom. In the two weeks following the procedure, your surgeon will give you a specially made seated pillow to place beneath the thighs in a modified seating position. You are able to resume normal sitting eight to ten weeks after the procedure. Most patients that undergo this procedure return to work two weeks after it is done, and feel good enough to resume part of their normal routines ten days after.