GIVING a massage one week post-op?

[1stBabeBorn5th 51]

I think I might have lost my mind. Grant it, these are chair massages and it's very little strain on my own body but a week out....how did you really feel? Do you think you could "lean" on people for several hours?

Reschedule?

Lost my mind? LOL

[kulita 243]

I was told no massages for 1 month to reduce the incident of breaking off any blood clots that could have formed... even though I had like 9 doses of heparin with my hospital stay.

[nervousnellie 50]

I am not a massage therapist but I get massages often. I know my massage therapist work very hard! I just thought I would say that I am 10 days post op and just today starting to feel "normal" again. I think the hardest part was that I have been soooo tired. I worry that your energy level will be low. Best of luck!

[cinward2001 141]

Lost your mind. Well, you DID ask! LOL I'm 4 days post-op, I tend to recover very quickly from surgeries, but even so...I don't think a week is long enough. You'll have been on Clear liquids followed by full liquids (depending on your doc's guidelines) and aside from the fact that you're recovering from surgery...your stamina and energy levels are likely to be low just from restricted eating.

Plus, if I had to guess, even a chair massage is going to use some of those abdominal muscles. I think if you can reschedule, even by a few days, you should!

[1stBabeBorn5th 51]

LOL...yeah I did ask. I figured I was pushing it. I'll just reschedule. Thanks

[1stBabeBorn5th 51]

Welp...today was the event and I felt well enough to do it. I did sit down for most of the massages (chair massages only) and only about 5 standing up. I think I did 12 massages total and felt completely fine.