I'm curious to see how long everyone took off of work for the surgery. Did anyone take the full 6 weeks?

I took 6 weeks. I also am an RN in a hospital and work 12 hour shifts. So happy I took the time off because by the time I got back to work I had everything down and was feeling great. I suggest taking as much time as you can. at least two weeks if you have a desk job but if you can take longer go for it. It is alot to learn initially and you don't always feel so great after discharge.

I'm curious to see how long everyone took off of work for the surgery. Did anyone take the full 6 weeks?

i did and needed it......

I have short term disability and I am able to take the full 6 weeks and I wanted to just because I wanted to make sure I was able to focus. I just do medical billing and people aren't always the most friendly when dealing with their medical bills. I've just heard you get extremely emotional after the surgery too, which is not normal for me. Haha I just want to make sure I don't have a breakdown on the phone with a patient hahaha. Seems silly saying that now.

i did and needed it......

How long until you started feeling well?

I am taking the full 6 weeks. I feel I need it to get new patterns established and explore food options. I am very glad I'm doing it. Return to work is April 8.

I'm taking 4 weeks off. Realistically I could probably go back now (6 days post) but I'm going to enjoy all 4 weeks!

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i had a sitting job. i am a certified coding specialist and because of the pain i experinced i could not sit up for long periods of time for about 2.5 to three weeks post op. Everyone is different.

I'm curious to see how long everyone took off of work for the surgery. Did anyone take the full 6 weeks?

I took 2 weeks. If you have short term disability then I say take as long as you need.

I took 2 weeks. If you have short term disability then I say take as long as you need.

I was thinking the same thing. Might as well get a mini vaca to "explore". I've just seen a lot of people saying they didn't take very much time and I didn't want to be a weenie haha

I was thinking the same thing. Might as well get a mini vaca to "explore". I've just seen a lot of people saying they didn't take very much time and I didn't want to be a weenie haha

I only had two weeks of vacation. So after that I wasnt getting paid anymore. But if I had short term I would have taken it.

Would have like to taken a "mini" vacation, but only took 6 days off. I'm a certified coder & a medical biller, so having a desk job made returning to work pretty easy.

I'm hoping to only take off 3 weeks. It's what annual leave I have built up.

I took 3 weeks of STD. I could have taken up to 6 but I work in a small office so the burden was on everyone else while I was out. I felt up to going back, so I did.

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I took 2.5 weeks . I could of taken longer but I was bored. I needed to get back to my routine and felt well enough.

I took 4 weeks off and so glad I did. I worked part time the first week back. I didn't have my energy increase until week 7-8.