Post Op Follow-up

I had a post -op follow -up with Dr. Peterson today. My incisions are healing well but he still has me on lifting restrictions for another four weeks. The underlying tissues/ muscles need extra time to heal so that they do not herniate. I asked him if I will be able to do heavy physical labor/ exercise after I am healed up and he said that he doesn't want me to do anything real strenuous. I told him that I have a barn that needs cleaning and the first thing he asked is what kind of livestock I had. He doesn't want me wrestling with large animals. But no barn cleaning for now either.
Dr. Oken (oncologist) told Brian that we both needed to get a seasonal flu shot as well as the H1N1 shot so that if my blood counts drop way low that I am at less risk for getting those two problems. We were given our shots today at my appointment.
Dr. Oken also wants a mammogram and so I've been scheduled for that as well. I had hoped that the CT Scan would have been enough so that I wouldn't have to go through a mammogram but Dr. Peterson said that a CT does not show all the detail that is needed because of the type of tissue involved. A disappointment but I'll get over it. Other than being tired tonight I have had a good day.