2 weeks post op...is it okay to exercise

I am feeling great. My doc said it was okay to exercise, just wanted to know if anyone else's doctor says the same. Thanks for your input.

how early can you exercise? I am 6 days post op and I really want to get on the treadmill. The only problem is that my steril strips are still on. Any ideas?

my doc said two weeks , then back to what you where doing before.

I am two weeks post-op. My doctor said anything but contact sports (football, rugby, etc.) is okay. I have been walking between 1 and 4 miles a day depending on how I feel. I have a treadmill and use that sometimes and I also go for walks in my neighborhood. I haven't tried going to the gym yet but I have approval to do it whenever I want. I feel really good when I walk 3 or 4 miles a day. One day I pushed it when I knew I didn't feel very good and ended up having to call my husband from my cell to come get me. No problems other than that.

I bowl on a league and pre-bowled for the next 2 weeks (surgery the 19th). Anyone know how soon I can get back to it??
bonbon

Ok, of course I am not a Dr. but when mine told me, first 4 weeks, walking was fine, near the end, swimming was ok, but no lifting, weights, etc. I mean you are still healing inside and want your port and band sutures to stabilize and heal well in place so your port does not tilt or flip. You are still also a little swollen inside and strenuous exercise the first few weeks could irritate you. I would use common sense and stick with walkng, swimimng (if outside healed) til you have your first post op check up/fill. But that is just my opinion based on the way I understood my instructions. Be careful out there. OK

I agree with Sugrbear
I was told walking until 6 weeks post op then i could go for "working out" lifting weights type stuff .

Personally i dont know that i would do anything more than walking until at least 4 weeks .
at 2 weeks i dont think your healed enough and I think you risk hurting something , but that's just my opinion ?
OH I was also told not to lift anything over 20 pds for the first 6 weeks.

HTH
Mindy

Hi,
I asked right after surgery when I would be able to do some stretch exercise and other exercise I need to do for my back. The Dr. said start tomorrow. I didn't of course, or sore and scared. Surgery 5/6 and did them for the first time today. This was just my case anyway.

This site is going to be (is) invaluable in the weeks and months to come. It's great that there is somewhere we can all go for encouragement and advice from people who have been there!

Have a great day and weekend!

Bonbon

I was back at Curves 12 days post op. I skipped a couple of the machines that work the abdominal muscles really hard but other that that everything was fine. I didn't do those two machines until 6 weeks post-op.