QUESTION

[MzStockton 182]

I have a desk job will one week off from work be enough healing time? I know everyone's success and recovery time is different just wondering.

[KCLatina 16]

That's all I took off since I don't do any lifting or walking. I was good to go but made sure I was off pain meds by then.

[LisaPunkinHead 187]

Doc said 2 weeks off for me, but I worked from home at the time so I just rested with my laptop in my lap. Except for the post-op brain fog, I did fine!

[KindaFamiliar 3,867]

Same here.

A week was enough. I was happy to be doing something again!!

Kinda...

[ShrinkingPeach 1,291]

I took one week also...did fine when I got back.

[AvaFern 3,516]

I had a week off and went back to a full-time desk job without any issues. I was a bit tired at the end of the day, but it's really more than enough time for recovery. Good luck!

[sandyb68 46]

Should be enough. I was off a week then worked from home second week. Main thing was being extremely tired. Week 4 for me was tough, I thought I had a bad gall bladder and was in a whole lot of pain. Just take it easy.

[MzStockton 182]

Great I'm aiming for a week, hope I can get a date around a holiday so I'll have that extra day off as well. I'm just beginning though so I'm a long way from that point at the moment

[2bullymom 44]

I set my goal at one week but wound up taking two. I was just so tired And my body needed the extra week to recover. Good luck to you!

[mallen1895 108]

I took two weeks off and also had the extra day for the Memorial Day holiday. So it worked out for me. I was to tired to go back after one week I'm almost at 4 weeks now and feel good

[miller1109 116]

I needed two weeks.

[twittymilk 51]

I was sleeved on 5/18 and took advantage of the Memorial Day holiday since my job gives us a 4 day weekend and took a week and half off from work. I felt fine going back but did not really feel like myself until 2 weeks post op. I was really tired the first day back. Part of it is my commute I live and work in NYC and the subway life is pretty exhausting on a normal basis.

[RaginCajun 177]

You can probably tell that it REALLY DEPENDS! For me, I had no pain and no discomfort and was working (albeit at home) 3 days after surgery. Could easily move around, walk up stairs, drink liquids, and was eating soft foods at DAY 8 post op.

You might ask your surgeon if he has any prediction for someone of your size and shape and body anatomy, as to how you might fair - recovery wise. However, I suspect that the answer will be 'it depends and we really cannot predict'.

My Doc - a good one with lots of experience and does 300+ WLS a year - told me that his patient outcomes were about 50/50. 50% had no pain, no discomfort, no problems with drinking or eating post-op, and recovered quickly going back to work no more than one week post-op. The other 50% had any number of issues AT FIRST. But in all cases, over time, things stabilized.

It may simply be a toss-up and its not possible to predict.

Good luck, hoping you are in the lucky 50% bucket

-RC-