Ok so I'm not exercising, but I have a disabled dog (completely paralyzed on her back legs) and we need to carry her from room to room and outside to express her bladder. My husband helps when he's home, but he's been at work and I am 5 days post op. She's a 34 lb cocker spaniel (super light) and I was able to effortlessly pick her up in her bed and bring her to the bedroom and put her in the tub to have her go to the bathroom. I guess my biggest question is: will this hurt me in the end? Should I just get help from someone else? It doesn't bother me at all to bend over (just mildly) and carrying her didn't feel like much. I have only been taking Tylenol at night to sleep so no pain killer Hercules moment, I like to access my pain and know how I feel and that's how I know how much I can handle in the day. Thanks so much!!

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I feel awesome too actually! Minimal pain at incision sites but nothing terrible that's made me have to take anything else how much weight have you lost since your sleeve on Tuesday!?

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11 lbs @ my 1 week apt on Tuesday! I'm trying not to weigh until Tuesday's, lol kinda hard tho! You?

I drove two days after. For me there wasn't any limitations that said I couldn't. In fact, I was going to drive myself home from surgery as I was 24 hours post anesthesia.

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For me, lifting was restricted to 10 pounds for 6 weeks. Same for exercise, aside from walking.

Driving was 24 hours without narcotics. Technically. No one around me wanted me to drive though lol. I was in pain and didn't feel week, so I was driven for a solid week.