
Should You Lift That Item After Surgery?
What weighs 10 pounds? That’s the limit doctors recommend that patients ought to pick up after surgery — temporarily, at least.
April 28, 2016 2:35 PM
Mary Jo Boyle is an acute care nurse practitioner with University of Michigan’s Frankel Cardiovascular Center. She has more than 30 years in caring for cardiovascular patients and extensive experience in both cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology.
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What weighs 10 pounds? That’s the limit doctors recommend that patients ought to pick up after surgery — temporarily, at least.
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