I am a veterinarian and I actually do surgery myself just on my animal patients. I'm really concerned with how soon ill be able to go back to work. Any ideas on when everyone went back and how much activity you were able to handle?? All advice is appreciated.

In Quebec, they give us longer. I could have gotten 3 months off, but I asked for 2 instead. I'm a teacher and I wanted to finish the school year with my students. I read some comments where people had to go back after 10 days and I don't know how they do it. There's days I feel fine, but other days, like today, where I feel nauseous and have zero energy. There is no way I could be teaching during those days. Here they tell us to rest the first month because your body has to adjust to your new lifestyle and that may take a while. Also, they want us to focus on our food choices at home and figure that out before going back to work. Every place is different.

If everything goes well (positive thoughts) I expect to be off 2 weeks at most. I can work from home for as long as I need to after that.

If everything goes well (positive thoughts) I expect to be off 2 weeks at most. I can work from home for as long as I need to after that.

I have my sleeve April 28, 2014 and went to work May 6, 2014 and feel great!

I was off 3 weeks I am a nurse but the people I work with helped lift and tug. Take as much time as you can.

I am a vet tech and went back part time after 7 days and full time after 14 days. It's just me and the vet with our own mobile practice, so we are always on the go. We did have to limit surgeries to patients under 60lbs for 3 weeks since I couldn't help with the lifting and we didn't schedule any equine appointments during that time. As a comparison, my vet partner was "spayed" 2 months after my VSG and she took 2 weeks off. She was still pretty weak and sore, so 3 weeks would have been better. Her lifting restrictions were much stricter and longer than mine.