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Your support person

I'm wondering how long would you normally need your support person with you after surgery, or what did your doc suggest? I'm trying to figure out how long my support person will need to take off of work. Thank you :)

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    • Bufflehead
      Bufflehead

      I had no support person and did not ever need one. I just made sure that I had done all my household chores requiring heavy lifting and exertion before surgery, and had someone come to change the kitt

    • jane13
      jane13

      My husband actually took off the day of surgery (Wednesday), Thursday and Friday. I was in the hospital until Thursday afternoon. So really he could've only taken Friday off. My son was unemployed and

    • jennaggie
      jennaggie

      My husband took a week off. He was with me for 6 days after surgery. I wanted him longer though lol. I was a weird case. Pain didn't go away till exactly one month after surgery. I took 3 weeks off of

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    I needed my mom to drive me home from the hospital (Tues) and hubby to get the kid off to school Wed. Since I was off pain meds, I picked kiddo up Wed afternoon. I was running short errands on my own by Thurs.

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