Hi All!

I am a newbie to the forums, but I have just been approved for the VSG and have a surgery date scheduled for 3/19. I searched for a thread with this topic, but didn't find anything so I apologize if I am duplicating something that is already posted elsewhere.

I am curious as to how long everyone was off work. I know healing times vary from person to person, but I would like to know what everyone's average was. I am in 100% commissioned sales and will only have about a 9 days (spanning a weekend) to take off work and I am wondering if I will even be able to function after that?

Input and feedback is appreciated!

9 days sound about right. I was 12 days and could've gone back sooner but i had the time avail so i took it.

I ended up taking the full 6 weeks off. After reading multiple posts, I figured I would be able to go back to work within 2 weeks and only planned on being off from work for that long. BUT my doctor/PA suggested that if I have 6 weeks to take them, not so much for the healing from the actual surgery, but more for the dietary portion of ot. Boy, am I glad I did that! Learning how to eat and preparing the food was a HUGE part of the recovery I had not really thought about. It was really hard to go back to work after 7 weeks off (also took a week of vacation at the end), so much so that I was a little worried about going back simply because of the food aspect of it. I spent a half hour the night before I went back to work packing my lunch and making sure I had everything I could possibly need ready to go the next morning.

Thank you for all the feedback! I do have a job where I can sit a lot as needed and no heavy lifting either, so this makes me feel a lot better.

@Pepper Paul - I am in the same situation, I will not be telling my office why I am taking off. It sounds like we should be ok going on a "vacation".

My surgery was 2/7/13 and I'm taking 4-6 weeks off so I can get into the swing of my new eating habits before heading back into the office. I'm on short term disability until I get back.

I think I will take off about that long also. Being that I too have short term disability.

I had surgery in Mexico, and I was back at work in ~ 6 days with no problems. I work primarily behind a desk or standing - nothing too strenuous.

Thank you for all the feedback! I do have a job where I can sit a lot as needed and no heavy lifting either' date=' so this makes me feel a lot better.

@Pepper Paul - I am in the same situation, I will not be telling my office why I am taking off. It sounds like we should be ok going on a "vacation". [/quote']

I too will be taking a "vacation". My biggest concern is my cover story when I get back to work. I don't want to outright lie and say I went somewhere, but its pretty uncharacteristic for me to take time off work for no reason. I'm thinking about just telling people that I took some personal time to finish some projects. After all, getting sleeved is a pretty big project in my book!

I have been wondering this same thing. I have not been scheduled for surgery yet, but I'm well on my way to being approved. I drive a fire truck for a living so my job has the potential to be rather strenuous. I wonder is 3-4 weeks off will be sufficient.