My approach is to listen to my body, and that healing happens more fully through reasonable activity than sedentary. I had an appendectomy in September 2014. I just reviewed my pictures and here are the dates for what I started doing after (and I had zero complications): September 19: Surgery 23: began hiking two miles 24: Hiked 6 miles, significant climbing. 28: Biked 20 miles, single speed, significant climbing.
Your milage may vary. And I suspect that timing was very much against doctors orders. My wife just told me his orders were "no strenuous activity for 4 weeks". I took it easy, and didn't do anything I considered strenuous for 4 weeks. Definitions may vary. Grin. Things I keep in mind: dull pain: generally good, using something and promotes healing sharp pain: generally bad. Slow down or stop and assess. With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 10:19:38 AM UTC-6, Kainalu wrote: > > I got out of the hospital last night, doctor says no lifting anything over > 5 lbs for the next 4 weeks. Wondering if anyone has any experience and > suggestions regarding how long to wait before getting back on my bike. > Thanks > -Kai > Brooklyn NY -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
