Returning to work
on 5/26/15 9:01 pm
I replied earlier, but OH seems to have eaten it, so I'll try again. Definitely ask your doc, but mine said no lifting over 15 lbs for 4 weeks. However, he wants me to join a gym and start weight training at 4 weeks, so apparently I'm supposed to go from 0 to 60 in no time flat, lol.
You will have some pain when bending over. It took me a good month before I could bend over completely to pick things up. I could feel the pulling in my abdomen when I would try before then.
I would ask your doctor to be sure.
I am three weeks out and bending over is still hard for me. I've already pulled a muscle in my stomach after a coughing attack and I know that I've torn some internal stitches. I reached for something and heard/felt some popping inside and have been paying for it this last week. My dr put my on a 20lb limit until after week 4.
Be really careful. Talk to your doctors to see what they think.
Good luck!
HW: 276 SW: 254.1 GW: 125 CW: 154.5