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cflick    303

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I am just curious how much time you all took off work post op? I have a desk job ... I sit on my but all day 8-5

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**IP~LB**    279

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I took exactly one week. I do have to move during the day for my job so I needed those few extra days. Good luck to you!

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laurigee    545

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I had my surgery on Thursday and went back to work on Monday. It's so different for everyone!

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**IP~LB**    279

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Yes one week. I couldn't lift anything heavy but back to work normally. I have heard some people up and back to normal in 72 hours.

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susancwalker2008    70

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One week for me and my job is physically draining. It was perfect. I think i would have been fine after 3 or 4 days to do a desk job.

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grownazzkid    206

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I had my surgery on Thursday and went back to work on Monday. It's so different for everyone!

Same here... Surgery Thursday monring, home by 3pm. At the mall on Saturday. back to work on Monday.

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wildrose1966    396

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I took a week, I also have a desk job. I had a pretty non eventful recovery, no pain, no sleeping problem, was walking around right away. I had surgery on a Monday and probably could have worked by Friday, but given the distance and my follow up appt, went back to work the following Tues.

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cflick    303

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thanks all :)

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Kisha O.    3

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I am just curious how much time you all took off work post op? I have a desk job ... I sit on my but all day 8-5

I work for the State so I sit all day at my desk as well 8 - 5 so I took off for one week but I had a little issues with the pain in my left should and ended up taking off a total of 8 working days.

After the surgery MAKE SURE TO TAKE YOUR GAS-X AND WALK AROUND!! Trust me -- it helps. Good Luck :)

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SageTracey    608

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I'm a desk jockey too but I took two weeks off and was glad of it. General anaesthetic always leaves me feeling knocked around for about a week. Try to have flexibility so that you can return when you are well enough but not before.

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KAATNS    1,473

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I took 10 days and that was plenty.

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Tiny1234    121

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Desk job, 3 days plus the weekend. All good. Was tired at end of my first day back to work but by the next day I was good. I would've been bored at home if I'd have stayed home any longer.

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☠carolinagirl☠    18,722

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desk job here also...had surgery on wed, took off the following week...glad i did also

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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