Hi everyone! This is my first time posting a thread. :couch2: Hope everyone is doing well in their process. I'm getting banded on October 6th and I'm having a hard time deciding on how long to take off from work.

I work at an accounting firm with minimal "manual labor" and I sit at a desk and stare at a computer all day. Since my surgery is on a Wednesday I was thinking of taking the rest of the week off and coming back to work on Monday. My dr said that since I previously had 2 out patient surgeries it shouldn't be a problem for this one to be out patient as well. Also, I remember when I got my gallbladder removed in '08 I took a week and a half off but I was fine to go to work before then...just lazy I guess.

For the people that have been banded can you tell me how long you were out or how long it took you to feel good enough to go back to work?

If you haven't been banded yet I would also like to hear from you...how long are you planning to take off?

Nobody knows I'm getting the surgery..not my boss, co-workers nobody so I want to keep a low profile. :smile2:

THANK YOU FOR READING!!! :blushing:

Hi everyone! This is my first time posting a thread. :couch2: Hope everyone is doing well in their process. I'm getting banded on October 6th and I'm having a hard time deciding on how long to take off from work.

I work at an accounting firm with minimal "manual labor" and I sit at a desk and stare at a computer all day. Since my surgery is on a Wednesday I was thinking of taking the rest of the week off and coming back to work on Monday. My dr said that since I previously had 2 out patient surgeries it shouldn't be a problem for this one to be out patient as well. Also, I remember when I got my gallbladder removed in '08 I took a week and a half off but I was fine to go to work before then...just lazy I guess.

For the people that have been banded can you tell me how long you were out or how long it took you to feel good enough to go back to work?

If you haven't been banded yet I would also like to hear from you...how long are you planning to take off?

Nobody knows I'm getting the surgery..not my boss, co-workers nobody so I want to keep a low profile. :smile2:

THANK YOU FOR READING!!! :blushing:

I'm new at this, too. Hope this reply works. I was banded last Friday, Sept. 3. Today is day 6. I'd hoped to go back to work today, but after getting up and ready, I had such gas pains still that I just couldn't make it. Honestly, though, on a scale of 1-10, pain never got above a 5. liquid children's Asetametaphine works well. (just hard to gag down) Will go back tomorrow. Good Luck.

I'm a teacher so I sit a lot doing class prep and spend some time standing, no heavy lifting etc.

I got my band on a Saturday and went back to work on Monday. It was a little hard getting up and down but once I started moving I felt better. By Wednesday I was back to my normal self.

i took off one week and i didn't have any complications. :blushing:

Welcome and congrats on getting your journey underway!

I took 11 days off but could have gone back after about day 5.

Brad

Hi,

I took a week and a half off. I felt better after only about 4 or 5 days. The week and a half helped because after the surgery my body just felt tired for a while. I took a lot of naps while I was out. It was not uncommon for me to take one or two naps a day, and I am normally not a nap type person. I thinks rest really helps with the healing process.

I took 4 days off could have gone back after 3 but i was a little lazy on monday so i stayed home...

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I have a desk job too. I took 2 1/2 weeks, I could have gone back in 1 week, but figured I'd milk it for as long as I could and my doctor basically let me decide when I wanted to return to work.:blushing:

I was banded on a friday and took the whole following week off. I have a job where I sit in front of a computer and microphone so no manual labor. I probably would have been ok to come back after about 4 or 5 days, but would have been sore and tired by the end of the day. I had the vacation time so I took a whole week.

I was banded on a Thursday and went back to work on Monday. I also have a desk job, and it was pretty easy. Good luck!

I had surgery on a Friday and was back at work the following Tuesday. Honestly, I probably could have gone back to work on Monday. I had no complications at all.

I'm a bank teller, had surgery on Friday went back to work on Wednesday and left a little early that day. I was really tired that whole week afterwards and should have taken that week off. Everyone knew I had surgery so they were really helpful and understanding, no one wanted me to over do it. The pain wasn't so bad I was just sore and felt weak, my pants were also uncomfortable so I had to wear pants that I would normally only wear at home to work.

Hi everyone, I was banded on a Friday and went to work on the following Tuesday, but I had a desk job as well. I made it just fine.

Hello I was banded on 08/31 and was out for a week exsactly. I just took the pain killers the 1st 2 days, I follow my docs instructions and walked from the moment I woke up,by Tuesday I felt perfectly fine no pain. I just weight myself and lost another 10lbs, have lost 25 in the last 3 weeks, 15 during the 2 weeks shakes and 10 the week after surgery so excited. You will be fine, just follow the drs instructions.

Hi,

I took a week and a half off. I felt better after only about 4 or 5 days. The week and a half helped because after the surgery my body just felt tired for a while. I took a lot of naps while I was out. It was not uncommon for me to take one or two naps a day, and I am normally not a nap type person. I thinks rest really helps with the healing process.

I myself took many naps, I am still tired, 9 days after surgery.

I'm planning to have my surgery on a Tuesday and going back to work the next Monday. I will probably try to fix it so I am able to do some work from home if everything goes as well as I expect it to.

I really wanted to do the surgery on a Thursday and go back to work the next Monday, but my surgeon said I would need the extra two days.