Lifting Heavy Objects After Penile Implant Surgery

[Cigar56]

I'm semi-retired but do some food delivery occasionally for Uber eats. How long after IPP before I would be able to lift a case of bottled water out of the trunk or lug a large (20-pound) watermelon up three flights of stairs? I'm looking to return to the Uber eats gig after about 3-4 weeks recovery. Too optimistic?

Thanks.

[Odecko]

My doctor recommends light lifting (nothing over 25 lbs) after two weeks and 4-6 weeks you should be able to do all activities.

[newbie443]

Depends on the case a bit but 16.9-ounce bottles with a 24-count case is a bit over 25 pounds just for the water so rounding up for the bottles and packaging to approx. 30 lbs. I cannot remember for how long, but I was on a 10 lb weightlifting restriction after surgery. Someone may be able to remember how long they were on this, and this may even very from doctor to doctor and patient to patient. And it may also vary from infra pubic to pena scrotal. If you have a doctor you are seeing now for this I would ask the doctor.

[Time2Change]

My doctor's directions were no more than five pounds the first two weeks and then slowly return to lifting normal amount of weight.

I think by four weeks you should be good. But if I were you, I would get definite directions from my doctor.

[Cigar56]

Thanks for the replies guys. I do have a surgeon, Dr. Jeff Brady of Orlando. Just wanted to see what other guys are being told by their doctor. Thanks again.

[Old Guy]

Thanks for the replies guys. I do have a surgeon, Dr. Jeff Brady of Orlando. Just wanted to see what other guys are being told by their doctor. Thanks again.

My doc said 10 pounds for 6 weeks. Truthfully I took about 4 months before I lifted anything heavy. The day my 3 y/o grandson hopped in my lap about 8 weeks out probably had something to do with that, LOL.
Good Luck on your upcoming implant!

[Gt1956]

Thanks for the replies guys. I do have a surgeon, Dr. Jeff Brady of Orlando. Just wanted to see what other guys are being told by their doctor. Thanks again.

Please be carefull comparing one doctors advice against anothers. A doctor could do the surgery just a bit different or use a different anesthesia. Maybe he saw abnormal scar tissue. Thus outcomes & warnings can be different.
Ultimately, depend on your own doctors advice the most. He was the one that was there.

[Cigar56]

Thanks for the replies guys. I do have a surgeon, Dr. Jeff Brady of Orlando. Just wanted to see what other guys are being told by their doctor. Thanks again.

Please be carefull comparing one doctors advice against anothers. A doctor could do the surgery just a bit different or use a different anesthesia. Maybe he saw abnormal scar tissue. Thus outcomes & warnings can be different.
Ultimately, depend on your own doctors advice the most. He was the one that was there.

Gt,

Good points. Ultimately I will follow my surgeon's instructions to the letter. But I would want to push back a little and have him tell me "why" when I am hearing different information from other patients. But yeah, at the end of the day I will do what my surgeon suggests.

[Gt1956]

Thanks for the replies guys. I do have a surgeon, Dr. Jeff Brady of Orlando. Just wanted to see what other guys are being told by their doctor. Thanks again.

Please be carefull comparing one doctors advice against anothers. A doctor could do the surgery just a bit different or use a different anesthesia. Maybe he saw abnormal scar tissue. Thus outcomes & warnings can be different.
Ultimately, depend on your own doctors advice the most. He was the one that was there.

Gt,
Good points. Ultimately I will follow my surgeon's instructions to the letter. But I would want to push back a little and have him tell me "why" when I am hearing different information from other patients. But yeah, at the end of the day I will do what my surgeon suggests.

Not to split words. As Lostsheep says repeatedly & I agree with him. Become part of the team. Not to just lay there or to nag your doctor but to understand what is going on. I think on some level, many doctors respect that.
I do know that in my case. As I was in my consultation with the Dr that I lean towards. He did mention that I used the correct words & knew what they meant. I learned them from here on FT & watching YouTube videos. I feel that it sure helped to have that knowledge.
Learn as much as you can. Best of luck to you. You can handle this.