I am scheduled for surgery the beginning of May. I am hoping to get some ideas from you out there on how much time I should plan on taking off. I am a massage therapist and my work is pretty physical. I have heard anything from 3 days to 3 weeks. Any suggestions or advice from experience would be appreciated!!

I have a physical job too, I'm an LVT. I just avoided as much as I could dealing with large dogs. I took a week off and I had no problem when I went back, I even dug my car out from under a foot of snow to get there. Though everyone is different, I had a pretty quick recovery, but I see many other people post who take longer to recover.

I took off a week - my jobs not terribly physically demanding but I didn't have a good experience the day of surgery. I ended up taking a few extra days and was so glad I did (1.5 weeks total). Good luck!

I only took off a week. I am an RN and should have taken off more time but didn't. I didn't have pain but I got tired really easily and was very burpy still and that was kind of embarrassing around patients.

I felt physically better after about 4 or 5 days.. but remember you are not eating anything or are on clear liquids, so your energy isn't 100%. You might still also have pain moving and stretching which I assume you'd need to as a massage therapist. I'd say a week and a half to two weeks is probably good.

I also would suggest a week or 5 business days. I would plan it in Thurdsay and Friday then you get 2 weekends and and 4 business days

Cheri

for me, it's been a little over 2 weeks and i would not be ready to return to work if i had a very physical job. can you tell them 2 weeks and to play it safe and then go back after 1 if you're feeling great? it's such an individual thing. but given that your job is physically tiring, i would say to take on the longer end than for someone who has a desk job.

i had my surgery on a Thursday and was back to work the following Monday..although my job is not physically strenuos...I walked 2 miles on treadmill the day after surgery-helped get rid of gas...Good Luck

I had surgery Thursday afternoon went home Friday noon. So I had the weekend, 5 work days, and second weekend; so 9 days. I have a sedentary job and I was working from home. I did go back to the gym on day 4 started with 30 minutes on treadmill and worked my way up. I did come home after and take a nap. I was a little suprised about the fatigue factor that I had'nt expected. I was VERY lucky in regards to pain but boy was I tired.

Thank you thank you thank you. So glad I asked. Never thought about the fatigue factor! I am usually a quick healer and even after all three of my C-sections I was up and doing stuff within days. Sounds like the week and a half to two weeks is a good start. Thank you!!

I had surgery Thursday afternoon went home Friday noon. So I had the weekend, 5 work days, and second weekend; so 9 days. I have a sedentary job and I was working from home. I did go back to the gym on day 4 started with 30 minutes on treadmill and worked my way up. I did come home after and take a nap. I was a little suprised about the fatigue factor that I had'nt expected. I was VERY lucky in regards to pain but boy was I tired.