I haven't had my surgery yet but I'm curious to know how much time did everybody who has had the gastric bypass take off

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My job is standing up,constantly walking around and lifting so my surgeon asked me to take 4-6 weeks off. He said if possible to take off the 6 weeks to do so.

I did

I am only 2 1/2 weeks out and starting to miss my job, but I know standing up all day and constantly walking/lifting will get me very tired and not good for my surgery ( gastric by pass)

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I was given 3 weeks (actually worked out to be about 3.5) by my surgeon. Physically, I would've been okay to come back after a week or so (I mostly work at a desk), but they explained a good portion of the time they suggest off is because you've just had a massive life change, and it takes time to adjust to that, mentally as well as physically. The huge change in diet is a lot to adjust to at first, so my surgeon stresses at least 3 weeks in order to be in a proper state to go back and do your best. I say I would've been okay going back after a week, but I know that trying to juggle that with 6 meals a day and the 64 oz of Water (sip, sip, sip) on top of the craziness at work would've caused a lot of distress.

I took off a week...and worked from home for three days before I went back to the office. My doctor said it was really up to me. (I had RNY)