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For those of you who have had the surgery, how long after surgery did you wait before returning to work?

Does it depend on the doctor? I haven't decided which doctor to use yet but it will be one in the Houston area.

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My doc said go back when I felt like it. I had surgery on Friday, and Tuesday I worked a 1/2 day and Wed. I went back full time. It wasn't until the next Monday (about 9 days after surgery) that I felt almost 100% again. It was bearable to work at my desk job though - I just had to lean back so my tummy didn't cramp up, and walk around as much as I could.

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I had surgery on a friday and was back at work by monday! I was still in a little bit of pain but more then anything just tired , but I got threw the day and it wasnt so bad the next day or the day after that. :)

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I was banded on a Monday. I could've returned to work the following Monday, I felt well enough, physically. But I took one more day to rest up before going back to work on Tuesday.

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Am I alone, i was banded on 18th July 2006 and have only just gone back to work on monday and even then although i have a desk job, I just found I couldn't cope. So, was off on tuesday and work have agreed that I can ease back into it part time...I am soooo tired all of the time. anyone else feel the same? i feel pathetic when all of you have gone back so quick

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It depends on what you do at your job. I work on a hospital unit with lots of heavy lifting. I went back 2 weeks after, but should have waited another week. I felt ok initially, but after a night of work, I hurt like hell, and the after the second night, I could barely walk out to go home. By the next week I was fine.

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Am I alone, i was banded on 18th July 2006 and have only just gone back to work on monday and even then although i have a desk job, I just found I couldn't cope. So, was off on tuesday and work have agreed that I can ease back into it part time...I am soooo tired all of the time. anyone else feel the same? i feel pathetic when all of you have gone back so quick

Don't feel pathetic. I think everyone recovers differently. My main concern with asking was because I have only been at my job for 6 months and its just me and my boss....no one to back me up. So....I am hoping that I will be able to only be out a week or less. I pretty much sit at my desk but we do have clients that I have to visit with.

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I took 3 weeks off because I had vacation to burn. But I could have gone back fully in 7 days no problem. I could have gone back in probably 4 days but uncomfortable.

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IndianLight I feel the same I had my surgery on August 9th and was supposed to go back this wednesday the 23rd but I'm going to try and take another 2 weeks I have a desk job but I feel like I couldnt sit their that long and the drive is 45 min each way

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I have a desk job, but I am taking two weeks. Mainly because I know once I sit in the chair at my desk, I wont have time to get up and move around like I can here. Plus, sometimes I can smell people's food that they are fixing in the microwave and its soo rank it makes me gag. I have NO clue what some people bring to eat

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Yup, nurses are the worst patients! I went back to work 5 days after surgery. But... I work in labor and delivery, so there's not a lot of lifting involved (babies don't usually weigh more than 10 pounds, max) and my co-workers were awesome. So all I did was work, and come home and rest- my family was very supportive as well.

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      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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