Ya'll may remember me posting, asking about how much time to take off work. Well, I scheduled the surgery for Aug 11 and I'll have exactly two weeks off work, like exactly, i'll go back to work the night of the 2 week mark. HOWEVER, I have to start school the 18th. One week later. It will be one day, then 3 days off and then 4 days of school and I would start work again the night of the 4th day. I emailed the director and asked if there would be heavy lifting the first week of school (the very first day, prior to the start is just an orientation, so sitting, maybe walking around), and he said there's no lab days till the very end of the month, and even then, no heavy lifting. I'm so relieved! I am still nervous about starting school full on 9 hours a day 11 days after surgery, but I am pretty strong and healthy now so i'm hoping recovery won't be so bad. I've had two c-sections and within a week of both, I was feeling great.

Am I nutso!?

From everything I've determined you'll probably feel fine in about a week so I would think you'll be just fine. Other than the eating this should be way easier than your C-sections.

That's good that your labs aren't until the end of the month. Usually the first week of the semester is a lot of lecturing and note taking. That's just from my experience, though. Haha.

I'll be in the same boat... starting school in Mid August with a FULL schedule. 3 Lecture classes and 2 Lab classes. I'm kinda worried about how I am going to work in some nutrition on the days I'm at school from 8 to 3... but I'm sure I'll think of something.

I'm thinking muscle milks, Protein Bars and fruit will be what I take to school.

This might sound crazy but I am stressed about munching during study sessions. I used to snack on Cereal (but way too much) , or if we had good veggies in the house I would cut up and munch on those, I'm worried about what I can or will be able to snack on when I'm studying. I'm thinking sunflower seeds? I know I need to wean myself off that habit but I swear it helps me concentrate.

Hmmmmmm... maybe ( if you want to) try chewing on a flavorful piece of sugarless gum. I know this has honestly been my saving grace in the pre op liquid diet. It satisfies my desire to 'chew' something while keeping me on the straight and narrow. Something to think about anyway...

Best of Luck to you!! It took me 2-weeks to finally recover, I suffered from a lot of nausea and felt like crap until the 2-week mark. Others haven't had this problem, so hopefully you won't either. I also had to suffer the first 20-hours after they released me from the hospital with NO pain meds. The doctor that wrote the RX was a med student was not authorized to right pain meds outside the hospital, needless to say my doctor was not happy because he ended up having to go through a special 800 number and the DEA to get me an RX because I'm 2-hours away from him. It was not fun, but made it through and just thankful its all good now.

Good luck!