I've seen some people post that it was hard to bend over after surgery. Is this the norm? Are you not supposed to bend over for a certain period of time? My concern is that I have a house full of cats and I scoop the litter boxes every day so I have bend over for that. Am I going to need to bribe my brother to scoop the poop? LOL

Everyone is different but I had a difficult time bending over for about 2 weeks. I used my toes to pick things up and bring them up to a place where it did not hurt to bend. Although, picking up cat poop with your toes might be a little difficult. LOL

I had trouble bending over, too. If I wore shoes that needed to be fastened my hubs had to do it. Since my knees are so bad, squatting down wasn't an option for me. It also took me about 2 weeks to bend over like normal, although I could bend a little bit before 2 weeks.

Better get the bribe ready or look for a long handled poop scoop. Everyone heals differently but it was at least a week before I could pick something up from the ground.

Lynda

Never had a problem bending over. In fact, I kept forgetting I wasn't supposed to lift anything over a few pounds. Oops!

I didn't have a problem bending over but I wasn't suppose to for a month.

I had a hard time bending over for a couple of weeks.

A doctor (not my surgeon but a member of the team) caught me bending over in the hospital scolded me a bit and told me NO BENDING or twisting around or lifting anything over 15 pounds for two weeks. It was HARD for to remember this because bending didn't cause pain for me.

Thanks for the replies. Sounds like I'm going to have to bribe the bro!