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Grace Mason   I concentrated on preparing for the after surgery by practicing sternal precautions before surgery and working on building up my core muscles. 
Things like getting up from seated positions without using my arms, sitting up in bed and getting up without using my arms. Squats are extremely helpful, if you are able to do a few sets of those each day. I also did some leg lifts. I would just check in with your doctor to see what level of activity is good for you before doing anything too strenuous. I found doing those things helped me after surgery. I didn't need assistance doing basic things for myself after surgery.
I was also extremely anxious, not sleeping and having trouble concentrating, so I asked my GP for something to help. He gave me the lowest dose of lorazepam to use, as needed. I found that it took the edge off my anxiety without affecting my work and I appreciated having it on hand, even if I didn't use it every day. I also asked for a sleep aid and that was also helpful both before and after surgery.
I found some meditations on presurgery on Spotify and used those too.
Otherwise, I just tried to keep busy with various activities with my family, that I would probably have to put on hold after surgery.