Walking

[brisguy1]

Hey all
I am about to get my surgery done and I want to know how soon can I start walking. I know you shouldn't do any cardio activites for 4 weeks minimum but I wanted to hear your thoughts on whether just walking at a casual pace (for maybe 1-2 miles) could be ok earlier on. I don't wont to be kooked up in the house for such a long time without any physical activity. Thanks

[Hypo-is-here]

Walking's fine even the day after, I was doing light running 2 weeks post

Sorry but that is inadvertently very funny.

It depends upon the nature and extent of the surgery.

I had extensive gynecomastia and the operation took three and a half hours.

A day later and I was on morphine and could barely move, three days later and I had four blood bottles/drains that I had to hold up in the air just to amble to the hospital toilet.

My case was really bad...but keep in mind everyone in different and it is not a one size fits all solution and you cannot tell someone that they will be the same as yourself...

Horses for courses.

[mmaman]

You should be able to walk all that you want the next day.  I wouldn't run for a couple of weeks though.  It's the up and down that really hurts. 

Hypo, we must have different senses of humor.  It sounds like you had a pretty rough go following surgery.  Anywho,

Peacage 

[brisguy1]

thanks alot for the replys
much appreciated