I am waiting on my surgery date but trying to come up with timeframe to plan to be out of work. Can I get some real life time out of work timelines - for Gastric Bypass RNY specifically? I work a desk job and can potentially work from home when needed too. I want to get back to work as quickly as possible as I am trying to just take PTO and not a formal leave. Don’t really want to have to tell anyone why am out out of the office because I don’t want to raise any alarms or deal with any judgement on my decision. I had my gallbladder out back in May and was incredibly tired and cloudy headed for almost 3 weeks after...maybe it will be similar to that recovery? My surgeon made it sound like the recovery would be similar but said most do better with this surgery because they are actually excited and much knife motivated about getting back to normal much quicker. Would love to hear all sorts of experiences!

I was off for two weeks (just because my surgeon wanted me off for two weeks) but I could have gone back after 4 or 5 days. I didn't have any issues. I was climbing the walls during the second week. I wasn't supposed to drive for two weeks but I was after 5 days.