I FINALLY got my appointment to get all of my pre-op testing done. It will take place this Friday morning. I am really worried about getting the surgery and missing work. I get two weeks of vacation time, and 48 hours of personal time. I am really worried that when I do finally have the surgery, that I will have to miss more than that. Can anyone give me an estimate on how long you had to take off of work.

P.S. I don't have a good pain tolerance, if this helps any!

Hi,

I think each person is different. Before my surgery I kept reading post from people that went back to work about 2 weeks after surgery. So that's what I planned to do. But, I am going to be out of work for 3 weeks and 2 days. I ended up with a lot of swelling after surgery and my one night stay in the hospital turned into 6 nights. You just never know.

If I would have contacted HR first, I could have used my short term disability leave (starts after being out of work for 2 weeks-but you only get 66 and 1/3 % of your pay) and I could have saved some of my PTO. If you are going to be out more than two weeks, you should check with your HR department about FMLA and short term disability leave.

Toyia

I am actually taking 7 weeks off! I have a few things that i have been contributing which includes in addition to FMLA and an AFLac insurance supplement. So i should be fine as far as money goes. But yes you to each his own, Good luck to you!

I am having surgery 10/7/11 and returning to work on 10/17/11. My work takes your vacation when you are off for FMLA . My vacation year goes from sept to sept. I don't want to burn all my time I want to enjoy some vacation next summer in my new body. My Dr had this surgery himself and only took 10 days off also before he was back in the OR.. I can sit quite a bit at work but it is very high stress ( I am a Nursing Supervisor) I think barring any complications I will be fine. I am soooo excited to start this journey!