I know that the recovery from that operation is tricky, my sister had the same one, with the installation of a mesh.
The same recovery for several weeks, but after that she had no problems.

It's good that you recovered, both mentally and physically, as soon as you reduced the pain and got back on your feet.
You have a junior as support, let him slightly increase your pace and walking distance, just take care of lifting the load, at least for a while.

PS. In that black cloak in the first picture, you reminded me of a Jedi, only your sword was missing 🙂