I had 4 lipomas (fatty tissue deposits) removed from my upper body. One on my stomach, one on my rib cage under the arm-pit area, and two on my back. I was told to not lift for a month because of the stitches and the bandages getting wet, the sores/stitches bleeding/etc.
I was in the gym the next day. I was doing the hammer incline and I had blood seeping out of all the bandages as my back was smashed into the pad and all the blood was coming out, the pressure from the blood pressure made it worse, etc.
People thought I was crazy with big ass blood stains all over my shirt and sh*t, but I just went home and cleansed and applied new bandages w/Neosporin creme to them, and I did that every day literally.
To this day nothing has stopped me from the gym. Not that, not bronchitis, and not bi-lateral patellar tendon ruptures. Nothing ever will.
~SC~