Not Lifting over 15 lbs.

[cunner 21]

I had surgery on Dec 28th. Yesterday (Wednesday) was to be my first day back to work. Well I got new snow tires put on my car on Tuesday evening. Got up Wednesday to drive to work and got about 1 mile from my house at 6AM and had a blowout. Clearly a defective tire. I pulled into a parking lot and had to change the tire. So much for not lifting over 15 #s for 4 weeks.

I feel fine and I am sure (hopefully) nothing got damaged as I only jacked the car up just enough so that the lift was only 1/2 inch or so to put the new tire on but what a crappy time to get a blowout 1 week post-op.

Also, I am suprised at how good I feel as I was expecting it to be much worse. It's kinda good to be back to work as I was getting bored at home when I can do very much activity.

[reverie 49]

I'm sure you'll be fine, as long as you aren't feeling any pain. Sorry to hear about the tire, congrats on being banded!

[Jess55 97]

At my one week, we had the big snow storm and I decided to go back to work (when I knew my supervisor would have been ok with me calling out that day due to the snow because she knew I had surgery) and so I shoveled my car out. Yeah, stupid me, I know. I felt fine and hopefully did not damage, I have been staying lifting under 20 lbs actually because I work as a vet, so I have to lift the animals, but I've just kept it under 20, well as close to it as I can. I have to go for a barium swallow, before I get my first fill in 2.5 weeks, and I guess then I will see if I've done any damage to the band placement.

[cheryl2586 3,053]

I was three weeks post op and went back to work on a rehab floor lifting patients I had no problems. Its only precations they have to warn you about what would happen.