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Posted 11/1/2012 1:08 AM (GMT 0)
I am on my 6th week of recovery. I am kinda scared because I really feel great and have had no complications. I intend to go run a mile or two this weekend to see how the body responds. I was wondering if anyone has experience with golfing? How long should I wait before I introduce golfing? Thanks....
Posted 11/1/2012 3:11 PM (GMT 0)
edtorres1, I golfed exactly 6 weeks after surgery and felt perfectly fine. My surgeon cleared me for everything at that point except heavy weight lifting. He said golf is a fine exercise because you're simply rotating your hips (obv your stomach can't move side to side), but he said extraneous weight lifting could cause the wrap to jump up into your chest area. Hope this helps.
Posted 11/1/2012 3:26 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks a bunch,

I think I'll hit the links this Sunday woo hoo!!!!!!
Posted 11/5/2012 3:42 PM (GMT 0)
I golfed this weekend. I guess it was at the 6+ week of recovery. All went well, my game was a bit off and lost some distance. Felt no pain, however, I felt tired more than preop. I guess this is expected since I am now bouncing back to regular meals and not fully recovered yet. Felt good to be back, next I'll try running a couple of miles to see how the body responds. I was running 4-5 miles every other day preop.

 

Posted 11/5/2012 5:30 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the follow-up, please also update when you've done some running. As a younger active male I am interested to see how activity may or may not be affected by fundo. Thanks.
Posted 11/6/2012 2:01 PM (GMT 0)
will do
Posted 11/13/2012 6:33 PM (GMT 0)
Just following up. I am on my 8th week of recovery. I've been contemplating on going for a good run but I have not done so yet.  I met another local guy that had the surgery and he did not recommend that I go out that soon. He stated that running puts a lot of stress on the stomach area, he tells me that he resumed running at 12 weeks, so he got me a little scared. I do not think that I will wait that long since I am feeling fine (knock on wood), I'll definetly post when I do.
Posted 11/18/2012 5:58 PM (GMT 0)
I am on my 8thweek of recovery and just went out for a 2 mile run. All went well. Felt good and much lighter because of the weight loss. Looking forward to extending my runs. Surgery at this point does not seem to have a negative impact on running, at least for me and just 2 miles. I look forward to extending my runs..
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