# How to handle missed time due to surgery recovery

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/how-to-handle-missed-time-due-to-surgery-recovery/4430>\
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [December 26, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/how-to-handle-missed-time-due-to-surgery-recovery/4430 "2018-12-26T16:10:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![achimento](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@achimento](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/achimento)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/how-to-handle-missed-time-due-to-surgery-recovery/4430/1 "2018-12-26T16:10:28Z")

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I’m currently running the 2.0 12-week strength program and am on week 8. In about two weeks (the day before I start week 10), I have a procedure scheduled, and my surgeon said I would need 2 weeks recovery before I could start lifting again.

So my question is: how would i best approach something like this? Should I just pick up where I left off at week 10?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/how-to-handle-missed-time-due-to-surgery-recovery/4430/2 "2018-12-29T16:23:03Z")

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Since that is the end phase of the program where intensities are ramping up and approaching a peak, I would not jump right into that situation after two weeks off post-surgery. I would either move on to whatever next programming approach you had planned, or reset back to the low stress week and work forward from there.

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**Author:** ![Ousnamax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/ousnamax/32/588_2.png) [@Ousnamax](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Ousnamax)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/how-to-handle-missed-time-due-to-surgery-recovery/4430/3 "2022-10-10T20:55:34Z")

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I see the thread is old, but I want to leave a tip from my experience: take your time to return. Surgery is stressful for the body, and physical activity after surgery will also be stressful.