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[ladystl 14]

I'm scheduled for surgery on August 19th that was the most exciting call ever. However immediately after hanging up the phone the nerves set in.

How soon after surgery are you guys planning to go back to work?

[Catherine707 253]

I was off work for 6 weeks, but that appears to be atypical with the other patients on this forum. My doc said take as much time as possible, and I scheduled 5 weeks but needed an extra week. A lot depends on what kind of work you do, is it sedentary or physical. I needed to be able to lift patients and have a clear fog free head, that took a bit longer in my case.

Congrats on your surgery date!

[thinathart 197]

I have a desk job. I had my surgery on a Tuesday and returned to work FT the following Monday. I didn't even tell anyone at work about my surgery. I felt fine.

[ladystl 14]

I have a desk job. I had my surgery on a Tuesday and returned to work FT the following Monday. I didn't even tell anyone at work about my surgery. I felt fine.

Oh ok I'm taking a week off. I haven't told anyone at my job I'm wondering if I should.

[TwinsMama 483]

I work at a desk and still required 4 weeks off. I would say try to at least take 2 weeks and go from there. Sometimes we feel like we're fine, but there are lots of post-ops who return too quickly and end up out again. Better safe than sorry.

Plus you can always go back early if you just can't tear yourself away for the extra time.

[gamergirl 4,609]

I work for myself and run a small agency so I didn't have the luxury of taking time off like I wanted to. Three days post-op the phone was ringing. Really I can do one-two meetings a day but more than that tires me. I'm supposed to go back full-time next week and although it's a desk job, it's also a lot of thinking, talking to clients, writing presentations, deciding how they should spend their money, and I am hoping like mad I will have a clear head by Monday which will be 10 days. I wish I could take 2 weeks off.

[FeeIsMe2 508]

I work at a desk and was back to work in a week, the only people I told at work were my 2 bosses who were super supportive.

Good Luck!

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

How soon after surgery are you guys planning to go back to work?

lady

congrats on receiving that wonderful, life changing phone call

One thing all us sleevers have in common, is that we're all different!!!

recovery, weight loss time period, tiredness et al - we all react differently

many people go back to work very quickly, they feel fine

as mentioned above -- other people need more time to recuperate

as someone else suggested, request more time off than you might need

if you feel fine - go back to work

maybe starting with 1/2 day for a week

if you are tired, little pain - stay home and rest!!!!!

good luck with WLS

speedy recovery

kathy

[DonRodolfo 1,416]

Oh ok I'm taking a week off. I haven't told anyone at my job I'm wondering if I should.

If possible ask for two and see how you feel at the end of the first week.

[missyjoy2078 381]

I was planning on taking 3 weeks but I ended up with a hernia and took 4. Do you have a full time job? If so look into fmla (short term disability) see what your company pays for. I had to take the first 5 days as sick and the rest was fully paid and no vacation time was deducted.

[thetattooedlady 114]

I told everyone at work about my surgery and I took two weeks off...I work at best buy/geek squad as a customer service agent and it's a pretty physical job, lifting tvs and computers...doing occasional carry outs. Well lets just say...I should have taken more time off! I was so sick when I went back to work that I ended up in the hospital for dehydration! I'm about 5 weeks out now and doing much much better.

[Imsoready2013 14]

I took off the full 6 weeks. I work in a pediatric office that is really busy and I have to do a lot of lifting and bending.