When you were off of work for surgery / recovery did you have to take vacation time or were you able to use sick time?

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I was just getting ready to work up the nerve to ask my boss if I could take the time off as SICK time. I never use sick days - I hope she says yes.

I think it depends on what your employer says. If you don't want to tell them you will be having a surgery or procedure (you don't have to tell them what for), then I'd suggest scheduling some vacation time. But if you plan to tell ANYONE at work, I wouldn't call in sick at the last minute. I'd schedule sick time.

If you have any sick time available, it is definitely an eligible "sick time" absence. I had used some sick time for pre-op visits etc., so I did have to use some vacation time (2 days), but it was all worth it! I am banded 11 days now and feel GREAT!

I had to do the six months! I hated every month of it, but I won the battle and had surgery on the 16th of April. From the beginning to surgery date was almost 9 months for me. Don't give up hope......it is ALL worth it. Use this time to research and learn as much as you can before surgery. Knowledge is Power!

I was able to get a letter from my Doc that I required 1 week post op recovery after surgery on May 2, 2007. He did not state what kind and by Canadian law did not have to. My employer tracks sick time but there is no finite number of days, so I don't have to worry.

I had to schedule my time off, my surgery is in min June. My boss was kind enough to actually point out that I could use sick time instead of vacation time, because technically I'll be too "ill" to come to work.