by Deleted User 5 » 09 May 2007, 16:29
Well, you should have had MY surgeon. He warned me that it was a 2 -3 week recovery.
When I went back to him 3 weeks after the surgery, almost the first thing he said, was, "I told you it was a hard recovery...."
But it was a nurse who told me not to bend over, or squat. And not to lift anything heavy for 4 -6 weeks. She saw me bend down to pick up my bag as I was leaving to go home and that's what got me the warning.
Having been on this board for a while, I have seen that Dr.s orders vary widely and are all over the board. Of course, a younger person like Lecia or Fletch would recover a bit faster than you or I would be expected to.
But every day you are closer to normalcy.