I work at a hospital. I am in the office on Monday & Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday - I work from home.

When I work at the office, I am 95% at my desk, sitting.
When I work from home, I am sitting on my sofa.

I plan on having surgery on Sept 10th. This is my goal..

Thurs - Sept 10th - have surgery

Fri - Sept 11th - go home
Sat - Sept 12th - rest
Sun - Sept 13th - rest
Mon - Sept 14th - take off of work.
Tues - Sept 15th - take off of work.
Wed - Sept 16th - work at home.
Thurs - Sept 17th - work at home.
Fri - Sept 18th - work at home.
Sat - Sept 19th - rest
Sun - Sept 20th - rest
Mon - Sept 21st - take off of work
Tues - Sept 22nd - take off of work
Wed - Sept 23rd - work at home.
Thurs - Sept 24th - work at home.
Fri - Sept 25th - work at home.
Sat - Sept 26th - rest
Sun - Sept 27th - rest
Mon - Sept 28th -- go back to work.

Would that be okay or no? I read so many conflicting information that I have no idea what to do. I don't wanna take off more than I have too because I am not from North Carolina & I want my days so I can go home for Christmas. (Home is Louisiana.)

For those that have desk jobs, do you think this is possible or should I take the full 2 weeks off or 3?

Tell me what worked for all of you, please.

Thank you!

Edited July 10, 201511 yr by Nylaj

I had a desk job. My surgery was on a Monday and I was back to work full-time the next Monday. You are physically able to do desk work at about 5 days, which is when I started working from home again. I actually wrote a report on day 2 from the hospital but I was so drugged up I barely remembered it...fortunately the report was actually well done when I went back and read it later, lol.

I put in a 15 hour day at my home office on Sunday then went back to my physical office Monday morning. It depends entirely on how much you want it. You can sit at home and relax if you have the luxury of doing so, or you can get your rear back to work inside of a week. I didn't have the option of taking off more than a week, so I made it work. The same is true for my plastics. I was working at a desk for 12-15 hour days post-op day 5. Physically you will be fine, mentally it's a little exhausting but completely doable.

I have a desk job and I only want to take a week off. I hope to have my surgery scheduled on a Friday (1 work sick day), home by Saturday or Sunday (2 days of recovery) take M-F off from work (5 days), Saturday and Sunday (2 more days of recovery) and back to work that Monday. Therefore, I will only use 6 days of paid time off but have 9 days of straight recovery time.

I hope this is doable and I'm not in lala-land! I here the constipation can have you 'stuck' in the house.

I having my surgery on the July 16th and here is my plan

Thursday July 16 Surgery

Friday Take off work

Sat Weekend (no work)
Sunday weekend

Monday Take off

Tues Take off

Wed Take off

Thurs Take off

Friday Take off

Sat weekend

Sunday weekend

Monday back to work.

That would be 11 days to recover. I work 95% at my desk I've taken so much time off for doc visits till this point that I have to be tight on my time off. this has to work hehe

Edited July 10, 201511 yr by kingdavid757

I was sleeved on a Tuesday and went to the office on Friday. Planned my meals and liquids. I have a pretty desk related job, but it was not hard to work.

I am planning 3 weeks off. I get paid so that's not an issue and they know what I am having done and allowed me to take sick anyway. I have a busy job with lots of getting in and out of the car, dealing with emergencies and lots of stress so I feel I need the time off or I will go in and end up having to take more time off.

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_{I was sleeved on a Monday and returned to work (desk job) the following Monday. I just finished my first week back at work. I had no problems. I did get a little tired in the afternoons, but nothing that was unmanageable.}

Edited July 10, 201511 yr by kmd0235

My surgery was on a Tuesday so I took off Tues-Friday. I had planned on working from home Thurs/Friday but was still a little out of it, tired and just trying to focus on my fluids and walking. I went back to work on Monday and was a little tired the first week, but I have a desk job and I was fine overall. Just do what feels comfortable. My boss is flexible, so I knew if I went in Monday and didn't feel well, I could always work from home on Tuesday.

I have a co-worker that's an RN also, sleeved on Tuesday, flew home Thurs, back at work Sat, 12 hr night shift on her feet. Tired but doable she said.

I plan on taking my full 6 weeks of STD once I have my procedure.

I took 3 weeks off because I had the STD to do so, but could have easily gone back at 1.5 to 2 weeks without any trouble.

I have an active, physical job with lots of walking, standing, bending, kneeling, squatting and lifting. I went back after 7 days with no problem, so for me your proposed schedule would have been very doable.

I worked at home when I had my surgery. Surgery was Thursday, I was back at work (working from a recliner) on Monday. Major post-surgical brain fog on Monday, but Tuesday was better.