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My surgery was 9/19. I was allowed to drive 5 days later providing I wasn't using pain meds. I'm a single mom and had to get back to driving. I've been walking. Feel good. In constant touch with work through emails. My two week f/up appt is 10/4. I'm hoping to be released back to work as I feel good and for economic reasons. When did you return back to work?

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I returned to work a week after my surgery.

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I gave myself 4 weeks. When I got back to work and was still tired, I was glad I did. If I had absolutely had to, I could have gone back at the beginning of week 3.

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I went back to work a week after surgery. I wish I would've taken 2 only because by mid afternoon I was exhausted. :)

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I had surgery on 9/17 ( monday ) and went back to work 9/24 ( monday )....

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I went back after 2 weeks. Was good until mid afternoon before I started to get tired :)

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I had surgery on 9/25 and am planning on going back 10/8. Hope I can do it because I still feel like crap.

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I took 5 days off. I would say it depends on the type of job you have. If it is a desk job you can most likely go back sooner than if you are on your feet all day.

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Ive booked off 2wks.but im gonna go back early .so itl be 1 wk off.sick of being in the house now.whant to get things back to normal.im feeling great at the moment so why not.

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I took 2.5 weeks off and they worked a few short days to ease back in. Tiredness was my biggest complaint once back to work.

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I took off two weeks but I could have been back in a week. I had my surgery on a Wednesday and was running around by that same Saturday.

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It was three days for me and that was way too soon, even for a desk job. While I certainly don't envy you with what you are attempting you can probably do it. Try and get some more help and take it easy for at least a few weeks.

We all wish you the best, let us know your progress!

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I have four weeks off. I am still tired and having pain in my left side. Much better than I was last week but know that this fourth week will have me in much better shape to fully be able to do my job. I think my age has slowed the healing process. 20 years ago when I had my gallbladder out I was in great shape after about 8 days,this had been a slower process for sure!!

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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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