Dancing vs walking

[OKSleever 144]

I don't think it's safe for you to go back to work as a kindergarten teacher the day after surgery. Bending over will hurt like hell, and there's no way you're going to outrun a 5 year old that soon out. Dancing the day of surgery is out of the question unless your doc is entirely too generous with the morphine. This is a pretty traumatic surgery...

[aquitenonnymouse 206]

tmbasuhre,

you stated that you "could not have danced until about 1 week post op" ...wow i intended on going back to work the day after i was released from the hospital....I teach kindergarten ......i might wanna reconsider

I'm a student, and I didn't feel that I could miss much class. I took the day of surgery off, the next 3 days, and then had Thanksgiving break. I missed 3 days of class total, and ended up having ~1.5 weeks off. I REALLY suggest giving yourself AT LEAST a week to recover at home. Don't push yourself and go back in a day or two. My surgeon suggests taking 4-5 weeks off, but I told him I had to do less and he said okay, if I thought I was up to it. My energy was still really low, but at least I wasn't taking meds anymore. It's a big change, and I was exhausted.