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Hello I'm going to set my surgery date in a couple weeks. And I'm so exited. But I'm curious to know how much time did you guys need to take off work? Let me know.thanks.

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I took off a little over two weeks. Surgery was on a Monday and my my post op appointment was two weeks after on a Tuesday. I went back to work on Wednesday. I if I have a desk job so I think that makes a difference, but I felt fine and my coworkers knew I had surgery and were very supportive!

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I took three weeks off. I have a desk job, was tired the first couple of days, but did fine.

Even if one feels like returning to work earlier, it's very nice to take some time because adapting to the new eating/drinking/supplement regimen is a lot of work and requires focus!!

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I was sleeved on 4/2/12 and will return to work on 4/30/12 4 weeks. I work a physical job lots of moving around. I do feel well enough to return to work now but I'm taking 1 more week to make sure. Good luck with your surgery!

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Yea I have a desk job also. But I haven't been there that long. And I don't know how there bout to react to taking the time off.

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My job made me take 6 weeks bacause my Doc would no sign off on normal activity until then. (lifting over 10 pounds) I was REALLY ready to go back around 4 weeks. Its really nice to have the time to get into a groove with your new life and heal up, start eating almost real food...

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I was released from the Hospital with zero restrictions. My surgeon said if I feel like I can do some activity then do it but if I feel like I'm not ready then don't do it. My main obstical was the severe gas that you burp up. It took about a week for the really bad gas to pass and another week got it to completely go away. 2 days post op I was up cleaning house trying to keep moving. I lifted mop bucket, laundry baskets, vaccumed floors, took out trash and walked as much as possible.

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As long as all goes well the Dr. will release me at my post op appt which is 2 weeks and a couple of days.

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I was up cleaning house trying to keep moving. I lifted mop bucket, laundry baskets, vaccumed floors, took out trash and walked as much as possible.

oneproudpappa

I live in upstate ny., do you do windows too, will you clean my house :D

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Drcallhoun ;)

i am retired - i was feeling much better after about a week - i could have cleaned - just didn't tell my DH for a bit, so he kept the house in good condition :lol:

Good luck on your upcoming surgery and your joyous journey into "sleeveland"

best wishes

kathy

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My surgeon told me that I would be allowed to work if I had a non-strenuous job after 2 weeks. I have an in-home childcare so I wasn't supposed to begin again until after 4 weeks (due to all the lifting, running etc..). But I waited 3 weeks and I feel good enough so I've begun accepting my children back. I even lift my 4 year old who weighs 40 lbs. Please don't tell my surgeon that though. lol

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I was sleeved on the 11th and returned to work today. I really probably could have gone back after a week, but I figured to pamper myself a little. I hated hearing that alarm this morning. No problems at work today just a bit more tired than I had been at this time of day last week. I guess that's why its called work. ;)

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I took one week off of work, but started to work from home after 3-4 days. I felt fine going back to work, although I was careful about movement and not doing too much....well, for the first day back and then it all went back to normal. Just remember to bring your Protein Shakes with you to work so you have something to 'eat'.

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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