Originally Posted by muscledoclondon

You should be able to start some gentle exercise 2 weeks after the operation; light weights after 3 and be back to normal within a month. You need to take the advice of the surgeon though because although he's unlikely to know anything about lifting there are several different techniques used to hernia repair including mesh, laproscopic (miniminally invasive) and other techniques so find out what has been done.

Good luck!