Actually the pillow is small, but very important

Absolutely do not lift/push/pull anything before they tell you you can, you don't want your chest clicking 6 weeks of no more that 5 lbs is common and then they allow gradual increases of that. I know I cheated a bit by using my legs for things I wasn't supposed to move (car doors etc)... this worked out ok for me.

There're some discussions of what to expect from people immediately after their thymectomy's if you scroll back several pages of posts.

Best of luck

Cheers,

Brian.