What is the recovery time?

[Nanaoffour 2]

I am wondering how long I would be out of work after surgery? Is a week sufficient time to recover enough to get back to normal?

[asantiago 89]

Hello

I would take more than a week. I took 4 weeks due to recovery and all. It depends on how you feel and what your doctor thinks. Don't push it. Health is first. Best of luck.

[SlimStacey 44]

I went back to work after a week I was still sore but worked as much as I could and left early if needed. I had a sedentary job

[Cookiecookie 8]

I work from home so I took off Thursday-Tuesday an returned Wednesday. Since you can consider muy job a desk job I can say I was in pain sitting on Wednesday maybe a week will do but everyone is different

[hajoura-sweet 9]

I am wondering how long I would be out of work after surgery? Is a week sufficient time to recover enough to get back to normal?

I did the surgery on 20.03 so about 1 week ago.. and i am taking next week off work. That seems to be perfect. 2 weeks in total is enough i think

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[SlimStacey 44]

Yes, I agree I should've taken a little longer. I had a sitdown job but it killed me sitting all day. My clothes sat on my incisions and it was just uncomfortable.

[wiresandwood 15]

I was off work for 4 weeks. I don't think I would have felt comfortable going back after only 1-2 weeks, even though I work in an office. 3 weeks might have been doable, but I didn't want to risk it. I was in quite a bit of pain for the first couple of weeks. I think it's beneficial to have time at home to get used to your new way of eating and let your body heal.

[Alan2423 0]

Just back to first day of work took the week off.

[Lauren PB 19]

I took 2 weeks and it ran into spring break, which is nice. I am a TA and move classroom to classroom. I get light headed spells so I am glad I took the extra time.

[hajoura-sweet 9]

I was back at work after 2 weeks and i did ok

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[Ravensgrl 19]

I was off 6 weeks, but I have a very active job as a nurse. I probably could've gone back at the 4 week mark, but I was glad I had that extra recovery time and time to adjust to the new eating routine