How long for recovery?

[EJStorm 13]

I was positive that I posted this question last night, but I sure can't find it now.

How long were you off work and what kind of work do you do? If you don't want to say specifically what your job is, how much sitting, standing, bending do you do?

I'm trying to plan this out and need a good idea of how long to schedule off work. I'm self employeed and book clients weeks in advance, so it's not like I can just call in a few extra days if I'm not up to it. I stand a lot and spend a lot of time bend slightly at the waist working on clients. I also go up and down the stairs a lot. When I first go back, I can schedule a break between each client but don't want to unless I have to.

How log till you were able to resume normal physical activities?

[PamelaAM 16]

I have a job where if I am not traveling across the country, I am mostly sitting at my desk or walking around the office, so nothing really strenuous. I took 5 weeks off of work (I worked from home starting at week 4). The first two weeks for me were grueling but I think I had a tougher time than most. I couldn't hardly even walk since I had no energy at all. By day 14 I kind of felt human again but in no way could I have gone back to work. If I didn't have to drive so far to work (140 miles each day round trip) I could have probably gone back after 4 weeks.

But I have heard of others who were back after 1 or 2 weeks. Not sure at all how in the heck they were able to do that but clearly they healed much better than I did.