How long was your bounce back time?

Just wondering what the average timeframe is from surgery to back to "normal" or back to work and lifting? I know that you're likely given a guideline and I'm trying to plan my summer around this in a way as I have no family here in Alberta .

My mom is in Nova Scotia and can come out help me out for 2 weeks and my hubby can take a 10-14 days off work plus up to 2 more weeks of holidays if need be. At that time I will  have a 5 yr old and a 1 yr old to keep everything nice and chaotic!!! LOL

I know everyone heals and recoups at diffferent rates and all suregeries are different but I'm just wanting to hear your stories:)

Thanks!
~Kim

Hi Kim,

Well I'm obviously not all the way through my healing and I'm by no means "normal" lol but I took 5 weeks off work (honestly, it was because I could, not that I thought I would need 5 weeks).

They tell us not to lift anything over 10 lbs for 6-8 weeks.  I don't think that's realistic but I'm still going to take it easy for a while.  Corey told me to do things when my body told me I could, he said my body would let me know if I couldn't handle it.  He said "if it feels good, do it, if it hurts, stop" lol  Corey is the best!

I'd say, if I wasn't getting paid for being off, that I would have taken at least 3 weeks off just to get back in the swing of things.  I'm not so sure about lifting the 1 yr old, though, that might take you a while.

I hope that helps!

Jill

Jill,

I had Corey for my nurse when I was in WW for the few months I attended. He is awesome!

*hugs*

I'll let you know when I can hold my cat again. (She weighs about 10 lbs!) I want to hold her so badly but it hurts too much still and I'll be 3 weeks out this upcoming Monday!

*hugs*

Hey

I think the "norm" is about two weeks....but for me it was a month as I contacted and infection in my main incision...so it set me back a couple more weeks....

Brenda