I am probably going to have my surgery for gastric sleeve in April or may and I am worried about work. At the support groups they say to take 6 weeks. Others say between 3 to 6 weeks. There is NO way I can take off more than a week at my job. I do work at a desk and I can be sure to not schedule any appointments the week I return. My question is: has anyone who has been sleeved went back to work after a week.

My main reason is I just don't have enough sick time to take more than a week and I can't take it unpaid. Thank you all in advance

I have a desk job. I went back after 1.5 weeks with no problems at all.

Wow. Thanks

I have a desk job. I had surgery Friday and went back Wednesday but I could have went back Monday

I had surgery on Thursday, Feb 23rd and was back at work the following Thursday. I hadn't yet started taking all of my supplements and was amazed at how "spacey" I felt. My energy was ok but my brain was sloooooow. This week, I've got my full supplements routine in place and feel great! Has made a huge difference.

I've seen alot of people go back after a week after surgery. Just remember to get your liquids in and walk. Don't lift anything heavy. Have someone help you till your clear to lift again.


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Everyone is different. Some have a rough time after surgery, some don't. I didn't. I never had any nausea, very little if any fatigue. Day 4 post op I did 10,000 steps and day 5 over 20,000. I will say I did have to push through some fatigue when I started walking, but once I did, I was great for the rest of the day. Since then I have been doing somewhere between 10-15,000 steps a day. Luckily for me, I have 2 months off work (natural school holiday) but I could have gone back within the first week. That said, although I had energy, I didn't really have to concentrate on anything, so that could have made a difference. Also, I noticed in the first 2 weeks post-op that I felt more tired and more fatigued the more I rested. The more I got up and moved around the better I felt. However, like I said, everyone is different.

The best thing to do would be to book as much time off as you can (2 weeks sounds good if you can manage it), but if you feel better sooner than expected, then you could go back earlier, maybe starting with half days, just to see how it works out.

I had a different experience. I still felt like sh*t until about three weeks out even though I was getting in all the water and protein without problems. The pain was more than I expected and I wasn't sleeping well. Everyone is different, of course, but I went back to work after four weeks and still felt tired and like I had trouble getting through the day for a week after that. I have an office job with an understanding boss. I'm doing great at 3 months, though. Lots of energy and better ability to focus than pre-op.

I took off on Thursday, January 5th for surgery. I took the following week off with vacation time and returned to work on Monday, January 16th. I didn't have any problems returning to work and resuming a normal routine.

After my hospital release I never had any nausea or pain that required anything other than Tylenol. I was pretty sore at the staples for a few days, but most of that subsided within about four to five days. I'm sure I could have resumed work sooner, but I'd have been a little more uncomfortable.

I had gastric sleeve surgery in Sept. 2016. I took 3 weeks off, but only because I had piles of sick time and wanted to stay out for a little "vacation" time. I easily could have gone back at the end of 2 weeks, and even after a week if I'd had to. My surgery was laparoscopic, done robotically, and I had no stitches or staples, just tape to close the wounds (none of them were longer than an inch). I never experienced any post-op pain once I was home. I was pretty tired the first week, but managed to walk a mile every day. I found the hardest part was keeping up with consumption; it was just hard to get it all in, but I didnt' really experience any pain from it. I really can't imagine needing to take 6 weeks off after this surgery!

I had surgery 3/6 and I'm going back to work on Monday. I've feel better and better everyday

I think you are all amazing!

I had 4 weeks off but near enough died at work when I went back (ok slight exaggeration but I'm sure you know what I mean). I was exhausted and was in bed at 6pm each night. I started feeling better after 6 weeks. Everyone is so different. Just take it as it comes and decided when you need to.

Kate

p.s: resting is good but get a lot of walking in between snoozing and best of luck !!