I had missed your posts Stella, I hope you make a full and fast recovery from your surgery.

I am sure that you will be fine back in the saddle. My rides are completely dependent on me getting childcare, which means either the weekend (which scared me for a while as I'm used to empty weekday streets) or when I pay to put dd in creche, which I can't justify more than once or twice a week, and then there's always cleaning and other things fighting for that time too I know what it feels like to put a ride off through nerves. Perhaps if you promise yourself that you'll just do a quick straight ride with no bends or hills? Don't worry about wobbling, I always wobble for the first hundred yards or so but it all comes back within minutes.