Lifting

[merc78]

I am pre-op RNY. For those of you who have already been thru it can you tell me how much and how soon you were able to lift anything.

My surgery is Dec 22 and once it's New Year's the older kids will be back in school and my husband will be back at work I will be alone with my 10 month old son who weighs 31lbs. I have a few friends in the area who will be able to come help some but I will have more times when I am alone with him. Right now this is my biggest concern about after surgery. Looking forward to the rest and having a better life. I need to make sure my baby is taken care of too.

Thanks for any advice or info you can give.
Tracy

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass A type of gastric bypass procedure which combines restrictive and malabsorption techniques - meaning, it reduces the amount of food a patient can comfortably eat (restriction), and also reduces the amount of calories that can be digested in the small intestine (malabsorption). This combination of bariatric methods leads to greater weight loss and the roux-en-y procedure is seen as one of the best ways to treat clinically severe obesity. See WLS Videos for animated surgery technique.

[MsJacquiiC]

Hey Tracy - I was told to not do any heavy lifting (30 lbs or more) until 4 weeks after surgery. I suppose it's a bit different for everyone really, but the risk is that you could pull groin muscle or get a hernia from the lifting. I'd say if you are healing quite well - 1-2 weeks should be good for you. Ask your surgeon to see what his specific recommendation is though

HTH,

Jacquii.

Hernia A protrusion of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained. The hernia has three parts: the orifice through which it herniates, the hernial sac, and its contents.