Hi Guys,

I'm new here. Just begining my research for lap band. I have a sedentary job, but there is about a 5 min walk from where I park to my desk every day. Also, I get up every two hours and take a walk around our data center. Other than that the job is sedentary. Question: How long do doctors typically recommend that you stay out from work? I'm hoping its no more than 5-7 days. I usually have three days off in a row and can probably manage 1 week off work (new job). I just found out my new insurance covers this and there isn't a mandatory 6 month diet either. I would like to do this asap, but haven't accrued time off yet!

Hi there. I have a similar situation with my job. My Surgeon recommended two weeks off and I took one. I could have gone back to work after day 3 honestly. Recovery itself is not so bad but what happens is you get tired easily and you lack energy. Part of it is from just having surgery and the other part is from the lack of food.

I would say the walk is not a problem after all walking is encouraged to get the gas out of your system. I was walking the hospital halls two hours after surgery. When I got home I would walk around the house and out to the mailbox.

Thanks for your reply!.... I'm so psyched that there isn't a 6 month supervised diet required that I'd rather get this done asap and not wait. I'm pretty sure I could manage a week of unpaid off time, but I know I couldn't take two weeks.

I got my lap band surgery on Thursday and took the Thursday and Friday off. I went back to work on Monday. I just avoided driving for the next week and just had someone drive me to work and back. You may also want to consider if you have any stairs or elevators and if you have a long walk from where you get dropped off to where your desk is. If that is a comfortably short distance then I would say that a week is more than sufficient.

I just had the surgery as well, on a Wednesday. I could have honestly went back to work on Monday, but I was tired and pretty much out of energy, so I took a few extra days.

I worked in a call center. I took a week as well.

I took a full week off and was glad for it. My recovery was harder than I anticipated. If you can baby yourself for awhile, I say go for it.

Had surgery on Thursday and back to work on Monday. For me that was plenty of time.

^{I had my surgery on a Monday and went back the following Tuesday. I waited until after my follow up appointment to go back. Probably could have gone back before but, it didn't hurt to have those extra days of rest.}

I went to work the next day and regretted it. I made it that day took the next one off lol

Surgery on a Monday...went back Wednesday. I didn't have any problems

I had surgery on Friday, was back in the office by Monday. Only a little sluggish walking from car to desk but thats about it.