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I'm wondering how long ill be off work. Ill be working retail and mainly standing for long periods as a cashier

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I am a tech in a busy emergency r and working 12 hour shifts and I took 6 weeks off per my surgeon .

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I work a desk job...managing an office. My surgery was on a Friday, and I was back in my office on Tuesday.

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1 week off. I don't think I could have worked earlier. Too tired and needed to heal. I did go to college that first week and shopping at the mall of America, feeling ok. Everyone is different.

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My dr. told me a minium of six weeks. Due to my job. I work in then oilfield, so lots of lifting and stairs.

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My doc gave me 6 weeks, but I'm only taking about 3. Back to work a week from tomorrow.

HW 344, DOS 320, Surgery Date 2/20/13, CW 302 Sent from my iPad using RNYTalk

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I'm off 2.5 weeks and I work in an office.

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Gibbys,

Try to keep positive. surgery and MS you are a role model. I was waiting to see if anyone with MS is on here.

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I took two weeks and would have been fine with that, but learned that a pain in my abdomen was due to a rare incidence of a stitch in a nerve. Made pretty much every thing painful, so the doc put me off an extra week to give the stitch some time to dissolve while I continued more pain meds with a lidocaine patch. Total of 3 weeks and I have a desk type job.

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Only two weeks I work at a desk job and air lost of the day but I had to get up every couple of hours.

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A week and 2 days, then part time 3 days, then back full time at 2 weeks. I'm a family practice physician assistant. I walk and talk for a living. I spent much more time than usual sitting the first couple weeks and I won't lie, I'm still exhausted at the end of the day!!! (I'll be 4 weeks out tomorrow)

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 231.4

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I needed three weeks.

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Two weeks - but worked from home for a few days as well as my commute was more onerous than the work.

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