:help:I work in route sales and am having surgery on 11/30/07.

I work in and out of the back of a truck with a dolly and was wondering if anybody has a job similar to this? If so, how long did you have to be off of work? Were you able to go back to full duty?

Thanks!

Kim

This may be of no use to you, Kim, since I work in an office--but when I went back to work, my weight limit was 10# for two weeks--and that was at almost three weeks post-op.

I was just permitted to return to Curves at 4 weeks post op, and I'll go back to the YMCA at 6 weeks post-op.

If you ask your surgeon, he should be able to tell you when--and it will probably depend on just what you are carrying on that dolly...

one thing I learned from my doctor at my 2 week meeting is that even after the skin heals, the muscle that they poke through is still healing. If you overdo - you can cause these holes to stretch and possibly cause hernias.

I was told the same no more than 10 lbs until at least 2 weeks, then more of 4 - 6 weeks for everything to fully heal and you're really back to full activity.