As recommendation I’ll suggest GREG EGAN (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32699.Greg_Egan, http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/ORTHOGONAL/ORTHOGONAL.html). He imagines such otherwordly universes they need a separate book just to explain how they work :)

To walk, a few months, but to travel actively… it is complicated. For me ‘travel actively’ means hiking and I still have difficulties to do it, after a few hours of walking on rough terrain I start to feel discomfort then pain. Otherwise I walk regularly about 6 km without any problems, and occasionally I even jog 3-4 km, but there are also moments when I feel discomfort on normal walks. Maybe you are different, but personally I would be very careful, especially until the doctors confirm that the transplant was successful (preferably via a laparoscopic view).

Hello Shannon,

I’m currently more or less ok, I can walk, I can go up/down stairs without any problems, I can sprint moderately if needed, and I can even run, but not as fast and certainly not as long as before (I was doing 12-15km twice a week, now I occasionally do 3km), so I try to compensate with long walks.

With some warm-up, the ankle mobility seems almost normal, much better for movements that I repeat often, and with some stiffness for unusual movements (like walking on rough mountain tracks).

Skating is also one of the unusual activity, and although I don’t feel any pain with my skates on (ice or rollerblades), afterwards I need some time to return to my normal ‘pedestrian’ attitude.

In May 2014, when I’ll have 2 years from the surgery, I plan a MRI to check the status of the cartilage, to know how much I can push with more intensive activities.

Thank you, Ștefan!