Originally Posted by
Velo Mule
My doctor is telling me that it will be about a 2 week recovery. I don't believe it. Kind of like when the doctor tells you you will feel a little discomfort only to find out you are in pain. The thing that worries me the most is learning how to pee again.
Two weeks is about normal. Remember…it is an internal surgical site that will need to heal. Sitting on a bike seat, and the activity of pedaling and maneuvering the bike is putting stress directly on that internal surgical site. And, that will cause it to take longer to heal, and potentially get infected. If you had an external incision don’t ya think riding the bike would impact healing? The thin amount of flesh down there doesn’t relieve the pressure on the internal site. I know you’ll feel like riding, I did. But IMO you should hold off until it’s thoroughly healed…unless you want to be passing bits of flesh, and coagulated blood (which still happened to me a little bit even after waiting the prescribed period).
Dan