Just curious to know how long did you take off from work ... Did the surgeon tell you how long to stay off or did you pick the days that you wanted off? See the surgeon again first thing in the morning to start pre-op diet and such. And I dont know how to tell him that I want atleast 2 weeks ... hate my F*CKING job LOL! And it's paid leave so why not. Then I get 6 teeth pulled on the 18th so that's like 4-5 more days. I think I will be out for a good month. What do you think??

Apple,

My doc said we can start with a week then you tell me how ur feeling. He said he had one patient that stayed out a month, it all depends on the patient.

To be honest i'm hoping for 3 weeks.

I had surgery on Tuesday before Thanksgiving and went back to work on Monday.

Had mine on a Friday. Worked from home Tuesday afternoon (was bored) and then went 1/2 day on Wednesday. Getting in/out of my car was the most difficult part (it's a lower coupe). Really didn't do a lot of moving around until around day 10 or so and got tired pretty quickly.

Page down to the bottom of this page, you will find several thread links where this question has been answered in abundance.

I'm not picking on you, but I wanted you to have responses from a large cross-section of folks. By viewing the posts below, you'll be able to read about the experience from folks that sit at a desk, folks that walk all day, folks that do physical labor, etc...

The Poll thread is a good one, you get a nice idea of what the average is.

Here's a few more links, and a couple more polls. Hope this helps you!

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/poll-time-off-between-surgery-work-24060/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f84/how-long-did-you-take-off-work-42551/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f84/how-soon-after-surgery-have-u-returned-work-31539/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f84/how-long-return-work-34950/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f76/how-soon-before-returning-work-24059/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/how-long-were-you-out-work-after-surgery-23996/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/how-long-after-surgery-before-returning-work-22355/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/how-long-until-you-were-able-work-19585/

I'm with you Taismommy I really want 3 weeks off.

I had the surgery on Friday and went back to work on Monday.