According to my ins my dr wrote down 10days I haven't had my first visit with him yet but I thought it was a month

it matters what type of job you do. desk jobs are back within a week. I am a trauma nurse in a large urban emergency room. I was not allowed back to work untill I was able to perform my job 100% including lifting more than 50 pounds. I was given 4 weeks out. Hope this helps

I teach High School - My surgery was on a Tuesday so I had the rest of that week and the following week off. I wasn't in any pain when I went back, but that first week I was CRAZY fatigued. The only 5 days of this school year that I left "on time." I went home and slept every day that week and still slept good at night. (I'm NOT an afternoon napper so my husband was pretty sure I was dying that week).

I was back to work 6 days post-op. I am a Financial Manager for a large law firm so its mainly desk work. I only went back 6 hrs a day for that first week but now I am back full time. The hardest part is that you are tired and weak from the lack of calories.

I'm a professor and went back to work after 10 days. I really should have taken a month. Most people need 2-3 weeks but as Lauranbob said, it all depends on your job. Just be forewarned, if you go back early you will be very fatigued. This is why I wanted a month off.

I was given 2 weeks off and they didn't even ask me what kind of work I do, it just seemed the standard. I work sitting on my butt so it's back to the grind on Sunday for me.

I only had a week off. My job is a combination of sitting, standing, and walking. Two weeks would have been nice but I felt ok, just tired.

I had surgery April 24th and am scheduled to return to work May 10th. Even with a desk job, my surgeon recommended to wait until after my 2 week follow up (May 9th) before returning to work.

Had surgery Monday. Went back to work 6 days later on Sunday. Not a physically strenuous job.

Just had surgery May 1st. My doctor said I could return in 3 weeks but I took the entire month, just to concentrate on me. I have an easy desk job, but I wanted to be sure I take time and get used to the new changes.

My surgery was 11-14-11. I was off until 11-28-11 but I was cleared to go back on 11-23-11. My boss was kind enough to tell me not to come back on Wednesday the 23rd (which was the day before Thanksgiving) because we would be getting Thursday and Friday off for Thanksgiving. I had no problems going back to my job, although I was tired as well for the first day or two, just getting back into the routine. My job does involve a lot of desk time but I also do some standing, walking, and minimal lifting during my work day.