I am preop pursuing gastric bypass. Right now I only have a week of pto to take off for surgery. I haven't been at the company for at least a year so I don't qualify for fmla. Just wondering if you all think a week is enough time off ? I would have 9 days off ( including day of surgery).

Same for me only 1 week. My dr said after 1 week I'll be fine to come back to work and I'm a medical assistant so on my feet all day. Will see...

A week was not enough for me.

If you have a desk job you may be fine. I could've went back after 1 week if I had to (I'm a HS teacher), but I took 2 weeks just to be safe. You'll be tired at first, but as long as you don't have a lot of physical activity, and no complications, you should be fine.

Thanks everyone! I work a desk job so I'm hopeful that will be enough time.

I went back to a desk job after a week, but the first few days I had to leave early. Mostly from fatigue and discomfort. I also had very frequent bm's which in a small office had me pretty freaked out too. Read other posts related to that situation for more details!!! Lol.

Hi congrats on you being healthy, I could have went back to work after 1 week after having surgery, after the gas came out I was feeling great after only 5 days after surgery and was driving and everything, just ensure that you get all your Water, Protein, and Vitamins in and walk as often as you can . Good luck you got this,