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Day 6 - and back to the gym I went!



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I had surgery last Thursday, all is good and I am feeling pretty normal, I have discomfort on the incision spots but other than that I'm feeling pretty good....

I went back to the gym today, back to cardio. I am still on clears, and so I took it easy. I talked to my trainer and he had me start with 5-7 minutes of cardio on 3 machines (bike,treadmill and elliptical) he wants me to add a minute a day for the next week so I can get back to my 40-45 minutes of cardio pre surgery.

I got a little sweat in, I didn't feel light headed, came home, showered and alcohol-ed down my incisions...just precaution from after gym....but all is good...

So far so good.....

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Really??? That's amazing...I'm thinking of taking at least 3 weeks to a month off to heal. Maybe that's too long? Congrats on such a speedy recovery!!

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Congratulations, CK... you inspire me like crazy. I can't BELIEVE you went to the gym after 6 days, though. Do be careful about causing bleeding, but then I guess your trainer should know what to do.

I can't wait till its ME saying that.... although I was finally just Insurance approved for lap band surgery after a 6-month fight, I decided I didn't want it anymore. In the six months since I started my insurance fight, GPS (VSP to some) came along... I wanna be a stomach stitcher!!!

Best of luck to you. Rainyrue

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That's so awesome, I'm gonna miss the gym A LOT after surgery. Great to know I can go back after a week or so (after checking with my surgeon of course).

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I had surgery last Thursday, all is good and I am feeling pretty normal, I have discomfort on the incision spots but other than that I'm feeling pretty good....

I went back to the gym today, back to cardio. I am still on clears, and so I took it easy. I talked to my trainer and he had me start with 5-7 minutes of cardio on 3 machines (bike,treadmill and elliptical) he wants me to add a minute a day for the next week so I can get back to my 40-45 minutes of cardio pre surgery.

I got a little sweat in, I didn't feel light headed, came home, showered and alcohol-ed down my incisions...just precaution from after gym....but all is good...

So far so good.....

Congrats, I also had surgery on thursday! I have had it pretty easy. From the hospital waking me up every hr to walk the hallways, I decided to get on my treadmil every hr for just 5 min. It adds up, at the end of a day, I get in 45-55 mins in. Good luck on your journey

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Congrats, I also had surgery on thursday! I have had it pretty easy. From the hospital waking me up every hr to walk the hallways, I decided to get on my treadmil every hr for just 5 min. It adds up, at the end of a day, I get in 45-55 mins in. Good luck on your journey

Determend, were did you go to get your surgery?? Did you have the plication surgery?

Lisa

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I had surgery last Thursday, all is good and I am feeling pretty normal, I have discomfort on the incision spots but other than that I'm feeling pretty good....

I went back to the gym today, back to cardio. I am still on clears, and so I took it easy. I talked to my trainer and he had me start with 5-7 minutes of cardio on 3 machines (bike,treadmill and elliptical) he wants me to add a minute a day for the next week so I can get back to my 40-45 minutes of cardio pre surgery.

I got a little sweat in, I didn't feel light headed, came home, showered and alcohol-ed down my incisions...just precaution from after gym....but all is good...

So far so good.....

Congrats on your surgery! did you go to Mexico. if so what dr did you decide to go to, how was your journy there?

Lisa

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Determend, were did you go to get your surgery?? Did you have the plication surgery?

Lisa

MS LISA, no i had the vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) and had it in Carmel, Indiana (Dr. Inman)

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