Hi-

i am hoping to get some/several responses to how long others took off work following surgery.

I know everyone is different, but I just wanted hear form others.

I have scheduled 11 days off, including the day of surgery.

I have no health issues ( other than obesity ) and 99 lbs to lose.

Thank you in advance for your replies.

Hi-

i am hoping to get some/several responses to how long others took off work following surgery.

I know everyone is different, but I just wanted hear form others.

I have scheduled 11 days off, including the day of surgery.

I have no health issues ( other than obesity ) and 99 lbs to lose.

Thank you in advance for your replies.

Hi , I took 12 days off. I go back on Monday. I have a stressful but not active job but I am ready to get back to it!

I have a physical job and took a week off and I could have gone back at 5 days

I Took two weeks off. My job is emotionally taxing but not physically so. I'm sure I'll be fine long before then, but dangit I needed a break!!

I Took two weeks off. My job is emotionally taxing but not physically so. I'm sure I'll be fine long before then, but dangit I needed a break!!

Thanks for your response. I really appreciate it--best of luck!!!

Hi , I took 12 days off. I go back on Monday. I have a stressful but not active job but I am ready to get back to it!

I have a physical job and took a week off and I could have gone back at 5 days

Good to know. I do not have a physical job, but it can be stressful. Thanks for responding

I Took two weeks off. My job is emotionally taxing but not physically so. I'm sure I'll be fine long before then, but dangit I needed a break!!

I'm sure I'll be fine also, and I agree with needing a break Best wishes!!

I took three weeks off total. Originally I had planned o 2 weeks, but developed stomach spasms on the second week, so took an additional week off to get that under control.

I JUST HAD SURGERY MONDAY 17TH I AM TAKING 2 weeks off!!

I'm not working right now but I could of gone back 4 or 5 days after. Thats when i started doing things like driving and shopping and felt fine.

Hi Joni,

I am self employed, have a home office and just started working on my emails and phone calls post op day 11. On day 13, I traveled to a meeting about 5 miles away from my home for about 1 hour. Then I went to BJ's to get glasses fixed, walked a round a few isles and came home. I was wiped out. On day 15, I went to meet a client that lives 2.5 miles away and had a 2 hour meeting. That was after cleaning my SUV off from the snow and getting in and out of my Escalade (which of course is a climb) for a total of 6 times in 2 hours, I pulled a muscle in my abdomen. Be careful about getting in and out of the car and clearing off the snow. You use alot of abdominal muscles and don't know until you feel it the next day.

I had a huge hernia repair as you know and will be 48 next week, so recovery is slow for me. You might get tired during the day a bit, but by mid week, you will probably be fine. I was glad to get the psychological rest. I deal with many patients on many levels.

Good luck,

Cheryl

I asked my doc how long I could have off.He said as long as I wanted.I took 5 weeks!! I had great leave coverage and didnt miss a paycheck. Realistically I could have gone back in a week, but why miss out on a great vacation.

I took as long as I could, which turned out to be 3 weeks. My doctor approved two weeks and I took 1 week vacation time. When I went back to work, though, I found I needed to leave mid-day for a week.

I work in an office at a computer, 10 hours a day/4 days a week.

When I went back to work full days, I took all my breaks in my car with the seat back and relaxed.

I tend toward being tender with myself and do not feel I need to "tough things out".

I think 4 weeks off would have been perfect for me, though not entirely necessary. I would suggest staying out at least until you have your staples removed and a post-op check before returning to work.

I strongly believe in providing the best foundation possible to make this decision/procedure/life-style change work! So, whatever it takes to accomplish that

~hiddn

I am a nurse and I took nine days off. I feel great and everyone I work with is a big help if I cant quite get something accomplished. Port site still a lil sore but not too bad. I am still wearing an abdominal binder though, just until I feel comfortable without it, lol.

I drove three hours to the airport Wednesday after work, flew to Cancun on Thursday, had surgery Friday (early evening), flew home Saturday and drove home from the airport on Sunday. I went to work on Monday and just said that I was under the weather. They had no idea that I had surgery - they knew that I was out of town for the weekend because of how I had to request the time off.

Everyone is different, but my personal views/work ethic do not allow me to call out or take time off from work unless I am very ill and/or unable to work. I have a desk job - very easy on the body. I do take vacation, but it was not a good time for me to be away from the office, so I wanted to get back as to not put out my coworkers - small office and only two people do what I do, so it does put a strain on when one of us is out.

One of my coworkers has been out for almost two weeks and management is very unhappy with her. I am not saying this is right - when I was in management, I was very understanding with illness, but in this work environment and living in an area where unemployment was very high before the economy tanked, I am VERY thankful to have a job and will do what I need to keep it. I get about three weeks off a year - that is my sick and vacation time combined - we do not have sick time that can build up, unless you want to not take very much vacation.

Everyone is different - if you have had surgery before, you may have an idea of how you will be feeling. You may be someone who would be miserable at home and would prefer to be working, even light duty. Others actually give their bodies the rest that they need... something I could be better at.