Getting the sleeve on nov 30. Just wondering how long to be off work? A week? 2 weeks? A coworker had it done missed a week of work no problems did great. Another did it missed a week got a leak and wound up in the hospital for a month. I drive a forklift unloading rail road cars. Not super physical work but a lot of bouncing around and opening the doors can be tough but I can get a coworker to do that. Think a week is sufficient?

Edited November 5, 20169 yr by Cander

I took off 6 weeks. I got sleeved on September 28 and I go back on November 14.

I would take more than a week. I took one week and the worked from home my second week. And I was probably more active than most. You still are pretty low energy on week two.

So far I'm getting 4 weeks off. Monday I will be 2 weeks post-op and still having some pain. Mostly the end of the day but sometimes early if I'm doing too much.

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I took off 3 weeks. Looking back, I feel like this was about the right amount of time because after surgery my body changed to where I was requiring fewer diabetes and blood pressure medications. It took a little while to work this out and it was nice to be home rather than at work while having low blood pressure, low blood sugar. The pain wasn't really any issue. I just felt like I got tired out easily for the first 3-4 weeks.

A week. I originally took off two weeks, but I was lucky to have an easy recovery. My work isn't physical though, it's a lab and meetings type of job. I walk a lot in the lab but no carrying heavy things... Etc. If there was a lot of physical activity, it'd be another story.

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