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Got my surgery scheduled for July 2, and plan on taking 3 weeks off! I wanna make sure I’m
100% before going back

So my surgeons office submitted my paper work to UHC, I have their choice plan...how

Long does it typically take UHC to get back? surgeons office is telling me up to a month but I really hope it doesn’t take that long

I had liposuction a few years ago but that’s it....but no deep abdominal surgeries.

Have you had many previous abdominal surgeries? If there is scar tissue in your stomach, your pain could be worse. I recovered very fast and had little pain, my wife on the other hand was in a great deal of pain. However, she had a lot of scar tissue from c-sections and other procedures.

I hate to say this but this is your life, not your mothers.
Many people change their ideas and feelings on weight loss when they see these people succeed.
Try not to cry but use her dislike as motivation and show her that you got this. Stay strong

80% of my family is like this. A lot of it stems from misinformation and ignorance. At the end of the day, you HAVE to do what's best for you!
My surgeon has a family/friends day if people want to be educated on the process. It can be helpful.

So I’m will probably have the sleeve sometime in June, every time I’ve talked with my mother about it she’s extremely negative and discouraging...dictating to me I shouldn’t do it and usually leaves me in tears....I’ve decided that at 30yrs old, I will have this procedure without her approval because I cannot continue to allow her to dictate how I should I should live my life does anyone here have parents or husbands ahl are like this? so I guess the only people I’m telling is my two best friends

I’m gonna use up my leave which is just two weeks, my work provides short term disability which is 60% of your pay, so I’ll take that as well for another 2 weeks. I had a hernia repair several years ago and the recovery was rough so I’m anticipating this to be the same, back then I took a full month off and even that really wasn’t enough

All depends on how fast you recover and the amount of fortitude you have. I had surgery on Monday and I was mowing my lawn on the weekend. The physician and staff highly recommended to get up and moving although you will not have an ounce of willingness to so and from my experience, this was the best advice given because I did push through it and the more I moved around (Walking) each day became better. Additionally, my doctor wanted me to walk at least 45 mins a day prior to surgery to maximize my strength prior to surgery, and I was back to those walks a week later. Did your doctor give you similar advice prior to surgery?

Hi guys,

I’m new to this forum. I wanted to know if one week is enough to take off after surgery, I work a desk job eight hours a day