Okay fellow weightlifters, help me out now

[flexagon]

So, I just got back from the dermatologist--an appointment I'd been looking forward to greatly, because skin troubles are always annoying (and I also got to see the Boston skyline from the Red Line as it crossed the river--one of my favorite sights, especially on a drizzly day like this one). While I was there I also asked about mole removal, more so I can look good in my wedding dress than out of medical concern. Well, they didn't like a mole that was on my shoulder, and insisted on biopsying it. So that was good, farewell to one mole. Then as they were stitching me up, I asked about weightlifting and they said NO. In fact they said NO, no upper body work for 10 days! Oh my fucking god. As if I haven't had enough this week, now they want to remove from my life one of the few things that always makes me feel good. And today was going to be a lifting day, too. I took this news like a mature adult, of course--standing next to the train tracks bawling. (Adulthood is not what it's cracked up to be.)

Then I got to thinking, these people aren't sports doctors. Yes I have 3 stitches, and I don't want the scar to stretch out too much, but maybe I can get away with tri and bicep exercises that keep the shoulder in neutral position? Or maybe I can get away with just one set of lat pulldowns and one set of pecs? Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing?

All I know for sure is that not working out is not the way to regain my mojo, and I've been missing my mojo like a mofo lately.