i work road construction and i am afraid that my surgery time will end right in the middle of the construction season. I dont want to tell my employer that i am having the surgery so i planned on just taking vacation time. i am woundering if any of you guys have gone through this and if you are lifting heavy concrete forms and such how long you had to stay off work to recover. Also what weight restrictions were you given by your doctor. Let me know anything about this will help Thanks

I know it's not contruction but I was off for 1 1/2 months from the fire house. They didn't wabt me lifting anymore the 10lbs the first few weeks. Then after that I was upgraded to 20 lbs abd then anything goes.

Doctor wanted me out of the weight room for a month I believe. Probably could have handled some light lifting after two weeks, but certainly be carefull and check (and listen to) with your surgeon...