This is normal and will improve. Depending on the method of your adrenalectomy, your incision will also involve a variable amount of muscle. This also takes a few weeks to heal and should not be strained. Your surgeon will give you specific recommendations about activity and weight lifting limits. General Risks of Any Operation Modern surgery is quite safe, but always entails some risk.
Surgical complications are more likely in the elderly or in people with serious medical illnesses.
Please inform your surgeon if you have previously had any of the following problems or believe you may be prone to them. Clots which form in the legs can move to the lungs and cause life-threatening problems. Blood clots or debris can similarly cause a stroke. Bleeding during the operation is a possibility as the adrenal glands are adjacent attached to large arteries and veins. The need for blood transfusion is a possibility especially in operations done for large cancers of the adrenal gland.