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I had surgery on a Tuesday, and was supposed to go back to work on Monday but couldn't. I went back to work on Thursday (9 days post-op) but I was still sore and not feeling well. It took 2 full weeks to feel like myself again.

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I'm an RN in the NICU, I had surgery on Tuesday and was back at work on Thursday night. Did fine, just in case you were wondering.

Hi, just wondering, i am also a nurse who does 12hr night shifts, my doctor told me to change shifts as doing nights is not compatible with the band and weight loss, have you heard of this as well ?

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neenz, uh no I've never heard that and I have done just fine with being on nights, (I could never work days anyways since I HATE getting up early) you just find a way to make it work for you. Here's my meals: 6pm egg with salsa and some refried Beans. 1030pm: either chicken and veggies or maybe some Soup and almonds or a piece of ezikial bread toasted with almond butter. 5am: greek yogurt, strawberries and kashi. 9am: usually some fruit or beans again, although sometimes I do go for Breakfast with my peeps, rarely, then I usually have some kind of egg. My drinks at work are a soy caramel triple shot machitto and lemon Water. It's worked well for me: I am currently in a size 10 comfortable and medium scrubs, I can fit in the smalls but would like to lose another 15 or so lbs before I venture out in them. I started out in a really tight 16, I should have been in an 18 or probably 20 and my scrubs were xl's. Maybe my loss rate has been a bit slower than others but part of that is my choice since I do not think it is really healthy to drop loads so quickly, also I prefer to keep my band on the looser end of things, less risk of slippage etc, I don't think it's healthy when people say I ate 3 teensy bites and a french fry and then I was pb'ing, that's not a normal way to eat to sustain life in the long term (don't attack me everyone for saying that) I eat about 1/2cup at a time and I've lost just fine.

Hope that helps!

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I am on day 3 post op. i have 2 more days 2 recover, i hope i can make it back 2 work. Ican't sit up straight 4 long & I have a desk job.

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I had my surgery on Friday and went back to work at noon on Monday. I have a desk job so nothing strenuous. I was tired for that first week, but overall it wasn't bad. I had headaches but it was from caffiene withdrawal. The pain meds helped with that. I cut out all caffiene for about 4 months. Now I have a little from time to time, but nothing to get myself addicted to it again. I had been a huge Diet Coke addict up to that point, but haven't had one since and don't miss them a bit.

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