When did your doctor allow you to start cardio. i am going nuts here i dont want to walk anymore but its only been a week. i want to ride my excercise bike. grrrr. my next appointment is next wednesday. i cant lift over 10 pounds until i cant remember when i forgot.

Come on help me out guys i dont want to have to call my doc and bug him with another question

DO call your doctor. Everyone is different and your surgeon will tell you what is best for you.

I had to wait till my first fill which was 6 weeks post op.

You need to give your body time to heal from the surgery. If you start exercise to early you run the risk of flipping your port. Is that something you want?

of course i dont want that i am just so excited to lose the weight and when i call my docs office i get that sigh sound from the people that answer the phone makes me feel ilike i call too much. i just wanted a estimate on time.

I was told I could ride my exercise bike when I felt up to it, and that was straight from my doctor because I asked. I couldn't do the treadmill for 4 weeks. I could walk. I wasn't allowed weights until 3 weeks post-op after I had my first fill.

I had my 2 week follow up yesterday and they told me I can start doing some other things- eliptical and some cardio videos but nothing strenuous for another 4 weeks. No jogging, no weights, nothing with pressure till 6 weeks post surgery.

But then as someone mentioned, every doctor is different!

do you think walking the mall is too much?

You should feel free to call you doctor's office and speak with the Nurse Practioner that's why they are for. I was told I could resume swimming 2 weeks after the surgery. My mother was in town the week after the surgery and while she went swimming; I used the treadmill. I did ZERO incline and progressively worked my way up from .5 MPH to 2.0. I am not a great walker. I have really short legs so I have to really work hard on treadmills. I prefer to use the elliptical but I thougt that would be a strain on my abdominal muscles as I don't hold on to the handles and swing my arms like I'm running. The upside to belonging to a relatively nice gym is that most have either TV's on each machine or ones on the wall that you can listen to via the excercise machine. Makes walking a lot more interesting.

I was encouraged to walk immediately after surgery. Within a couple of days, I was outdoors walking--albeit not as far and fast as preop.

I was not permitted to do other forms of exercise until after my first postop check.

do you think walking the mall is too much?

I don't think so.

The only reason the doctor didn't want me using a treadmill for 4 weeks is in case you slip and fall. That was the only reason for no treadmill.

When I got the clearance to use the treadmill, the first thing I did was slip while walking on it. :rolleyes2:

I was told that walking is no problem. Anything more rigorous than that you need to check with your surgeon.