I was given strict instructions to not lift anything over 10 pounds for a full 6 weeks after RARP. I was encouraged to walk move etc but not push myself run bike etc. There were a couple of times where I moved too quickly and I felt the Sutures Stitches etc. My first PT sessions were slow and easy. My surgeon told me that the six week limit was so that I did not get a hernia. They also said that If I did get a hernia and had to have additional surgery to repair it the recovery after that would be long difficult and painful. As pointed out RARP is Major surgery it's not a procedure. Mine was done in May and some of my dissolvable stitches are just now working themselves to the surface and finally out.