Hello Everyone,

Just had a question to any RN's who have had lap band. How long were you out from work? I'm on my 6 month supervised diet which ends September 14th.Hopefully I will be banded by the beginning of October. But dont know what time frame I would need for recovery. I work the12hr shift 11-11 3 days in a row. Any advice would be great. Cheers, Maggie

Hello Everyone,

Just had a question to any RN's who have had lap band. How long were you out from work? I'm on my 6 month supervised diet which ends September 14th.Hopefully I will be banded by the beginning of October. But dont know what time frame I would need for recovery. I work the12hr shift 11-11 3 days in a row. Any advice would be great. Cheers, Maggie

I also work 12's ad an rn. I was off 15 days post op. I work ob/nicu & don't have much lifting so that made it easier to go back. But I did have a ton of walking. It wasn't to bad after 2 wks off. A couple of other nurses @ my hosp also have had it done & they came back @ 2 wks but with lifting restrictions.

I was off a week. I work ER/Urgent Care 12 hour shifts and just followed modified lifting restrictions. Was totally fine.

I went back after 6 days but with 25 pound restriction.

I work on a busy Neuro floor and stayed out 18 days. My unit doesn't do light duty so you either do the job or stay at home. Also I wanted to go back when I was on mushies. I barley have time to drink anything on my job except for lunch time so I feared getting dehydrated without the ability to sip throughout the day. I say take at least 2-3 weeks off.

I am an RN I went back to work after a week, but I have good friends that are the CNA's and LPN's were I work, so I didn't do any lifting for about 5 weeks. I didn't want to mess anything up!

Hello Everyone,

Just had a question to any RN's who have had lap band. How long were you out from work? I'm on my 6 month supervised diet which ends September 14th.Hopefully I will be banded by the beginning of October. But dont know what time frame I would need for recovery. I work the12hr shift 11-11 3 days in a row. Any advice would be great. Cheers, Maggie

I took off 2 weeks. I work 3 12hr shifts/wk. I could have taken off one week,but had so much LTS hrs. accrued. In reality only needed the one week.

hi there! I am post banded June 23rd. I work in the ER and was of for 4 weeks. I could have come back about 3 weeks out but I took the extra week because we only have 2 nurses in my er and I didn't want to hurt myself lifting. The whole thing has gone well for me so far I have lost 25 lbs in the first 2 months. I haven't had to have a fill yet either. My next appt is on Sept 9th so I will see if I get a fill then. I think I may need a little bit but not too much. Good luck to you!!