Originally Posted by
Pete In Az
Sounds like the way they repaired my hernia a year ago. The surgeon said I could ride whenever I wanted to after the operation, it was out patient surgery. Three days later I took a short ride down my hill then back up. After that, I went out riding every day. They didn't really cut up any muscles (I'm assuming the slits were side to side) so there's not much to heal. The worst part was getting the colon working again and, for some reason, riding seemed to help.
Check with your Doc first, but, I say go for it.
Wow, 3 days is quick. My surgery wasn't outpatient though and they did some cutting in there. It's a little more then 3 days now and I'm still in pain. It's not so bad but it's there. I tried lifting a soda bottle (2 liters full) and it hurt. I think they said no heavy lifting for 4 weeks! I hope it won't be that long. I'm going to see the surgean for a post-op on tuesday morning. We'll see what he says. I wanna ride!!