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    That is exactly what I did and it worked out fine. Told my boss I had a stomach bug and was back to work the next week. I was still sore, but I have a desk job and it was totally do-able. I will be ho

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My pain lasted 6 days or so. Only one of my incisions hurt though, the one to the left of my belly button. The tired feeling, no energy for me was worse than the pain. I should've taken 2 weeks off to have the energy to last a full day.

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I didn't tell anyone at work... Planning on calling in each day as needed. Gosh, I pray I'm able to walk around without pain after the first few days.

I agree the pain only lasted a few days for me, but it took me 3 weeks to get my strength back.

I didn't tell anyone at work... Planning on calling in each day as needed. Gosh, I pray I'm able to walk around without pain after the first few days.

That is exactly what I did and it worked out fine. Told my boss I had a stomach bug and was back to work the next week. I was still sore, but I have a desk job and it was totally do-able. I will be honest though, I was panicking the first 2-3 days after surgery because I was so nauseated and weak. But it quickly got better after the 3rd day.

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