I will be 5 weeks out on Tuesday, and I can totally relate to you. Holding pillows to your tummy when you cough, sneeze, or going over bumps in a car (provided you are the passenger) is a huge help. I slept in a recliner for the first 3 1/2 weeks and then I transitioned back to bed with a ton of pillows - poor hubby had about 6 inches on his side of an Eastern King sized bed
I only have 1 pillow (a bigger one - not my usual Temperpedic one) now. I also cannot tolerate plain water, and was so sick of Crystal Light and s/f Kool Aide. I usually and queezy in the morning, so my mom made a drink of half peppermint tea and half water - and it is all I drink now next to my s/f popsicles
I am walking 3/4 mile per day this week, and tomorrow I will increase it to 1 mile - and then 1/4 mile per week after that. I return to work Tuesday, too
Anyways, I hope my experiences can be of some help to you - welcome to the forum family - I do not know what I would have ever done without my family here!!!