# Surgery Recovery Time?
**URL:** https://avmsurvivors.org/t/surgery-recovery-time/19738
**Category:** Symptoms & Treatment
**Created:** [March 9, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/surgery-recovery-time/19738 "2018-03-09T16:14:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@prouddaddy268](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/prouddaddy268)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/surgery-recovery-time/19738/1 "2018-03-09T16:14:08Z")
How long would it take to be able to care for ones self and children after having a avm removed in the right frontal lobe by open surgery? Does anyone have expierence with this they can share?
I need to do something but I am now a single dad with two boys 11 & 13 so knowing someone’s expierence with recovery would be helpful.
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### Author:  [@Natalie89](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Natalie89)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/surgery-recovery-time/19738/2 "2018-03-21T06:58:44Z")
I am going for surgery on my right frontal lobe tomorrow!!
I have been told the first month I will be sleeping a lot… after about 3 I should feel back to normal perhaps just needing a nap every now an then. Your children are older so this shouldn’t be a problem for you
Good luck!!!
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### Author:  [@Natalie89](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Natalie89)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/surgery-recovery-time/19738/3 "2018-04-06T23:53:51Z")
Hey
I am now 2 weeks post op. I am needing help with my 1 & 2 year old as i need a afternoon nap & my energy levels aren’t as they used to be. However my 9 year old is easy!!! Yours are older so i dont imagine you will need as much help as you may think- maybe they will help you out?! Xxx