I am an Aussie girl and I am having my first appointment in two weeks with the nurse and doctor in preparation for LB surgery. I have decided this is something I want to keep quiet as this is for me and no one else. I have told my partner and he is supportive. How long should I expect to have to take off work? How long is the usual hospital stay? then recovery time?

I can't wait! I have been considering this for a couple of years and am ready to go! I Hope i dont have to wait too long until I am booked in to surgery!

Congrats on your decision.Most people are in and out the same day. At the most, you may be there overnight for observation.

Depending on what you do for work, I have seen people go back in 5 days. Mine is much longer since I work offshore on a boat and cant easily get off in case of emergency. You can be up and moving the same day, in fact, they encourage it to help in healing

Good Luck....Dave

I am scheduled to be banded on Friday, the 5th. I plan to be back at work on Monday the 8th, Tuesday at the latest. But I do accounting for a living, so sitting at my desk pushing a pencil will not be very difficult. And if I need to, I can go home early. I live very close to work so it's only a few minutes away.

My hospital stay was about 4 hours. I had surgery on a Wed, went shopping (leaned on the cart) Friday, out of town car trip Sat, worked Mon.

As far as how long you would stay in the hosipital depends on your Dr. I had my surgery on a Friday and was released from the clinic on Saturday & I went shopping Saturday afternoon for a few hours. I returned to work on Tuesday, but I could have returned on Monday.

Well it can range from a few hours to a few days. I ended up with a stomach virus so I had to stay for 5 days. Just my luck stomach virus and surgery in one swoop.

My doc is standard for everyone, two nights and three days inpatient.