Interviewer: You just had a surgery. You might be wondering when can you get back to your life, the things you enjoy doing, your activities? We’re going to find out next on The Scope.
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Surgery Recovery
Interviewer: How long after surgery until you can kind of get back to your life the way it was before surgery? That’s a question a lot of people have. We’re with Dr. Jeff Campsen. He’s a surgeon at the University of Utah Hospital. So, when can you get back to your life after surgery?
Dr. Jeff Campsen: Well, it depends on the type of surgery you have. Anytime you have some sort of incision that goes intra-abdominal, you have to heal that incision. Depending on your state of health, it can be shorter or longer. An average time length that a lot of people say with an abdominal incision is about one to two months or even just six weeks to where you really want to let it heal and you try not to put too much pressure on your abdomen during that time.
Interviewer: Is it the skin that’s the issue, that that’s going to break apart, or is there muscular things underneath that need to heal as well?
