I'm gonna tell you NOT necessarily to do what I did when I had my hernia surgery. The doctor who performed it was a specialist as it was what they called 'the biggest hernia they had ever seen', literally a good portion of my intestine was just under my abdomen skin and it looked weird as hell. I had my surgery, woke up afterwards and walked to the nurses station. Not a recommended move, nothing happened, but still. The doc told me no lifting anything over 15 pounds for 4 months and then they'd re-evaluate, but absolutely no heavy lifting for one year was the specific set of instructions. 4 days later I was in the gym curling 70's and checking my stitches after every set, I didn't bench over 225 though because I could feel slight discomfort. This is complete speculation, but the way I saw it I was bound to heal faster considering the cycle I was running during the injury... right? Wrong? Dunno, didn't care. If I ripped the stitches it would just mean another surgery and a bigger one they said. I can't stand being out of the gym, period. 4 days after surgery back in the gym, granted going lighter, but lifting none the less. My advice, is to judge it yourself and play it by ear. Is this sound advice? No, but only you know you. I have some gyno as well, nothing too serious, but I won't get it removed for sake of missing gym time. I'd hate to tear my nips lifting and have keloids... besides drain tubes and catch bags probably would be a red flag to the staff as I walked in there. Do what you feel is best, however definitely run the Healing and Recovery Stack to expedite your return whether you risk lifting, or not bro. 44 has been known to do some dumb things in his day.
