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I had surgery on a Thursday, and was back at work the following Wednesday. I probably could have gone back on Monday, but really needed the break.

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I had surgery on Thursday and was back to work on Monday. I did not work the whole day, left around lunchtime, but was back to my usual work day on Tuesday.

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I will be having my surgery on a Thursday and I am a medical secretary. I was hoping to be back on Saturday. Think that is too soon??

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I had my surgery on 3/11. I had a hiatal hernia also, but the Dr released me after 2 weeks with restrictions, but my job consists of lifting and repetitious movement, and I couldn't go back, so he put me out for another 2 weeks. I guess it depends on what you do for work.

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I will be having my surgery on a Thursday and I am a medical secretary. I was hoping to be back on Saturday. Think that is too soon??

I would not have been ready on Saturday, but then I had more pain than a lot of the posters on the site have described and was still on narcotic pain relievers until Sunday evening. If you're one of those lucky ones you could be back on Saturday with no problem. Hope you're one!

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I had my surgery on Wednesday, went back to work Monday. I only worked a half day Monday but Tuesday was back to complete 8 hour shift. Im an accounts payable clerk and sit most of the day so it wasnt bad except my belly rubbing the desk. Otherwise it wasn't bad. Good luck in your journey!

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Wow people go back quick. I was off of work for a month. I also work at an office. I was sore for while plus had a lot of gas; I was glad to have the time to recover.

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I had the surgery on a Friday and went back to work the following Thursday. It was too soon and it was a miserable day. I was exhausted by the simplest activity and I'm a teacher so I need all the energy possible.

If I had it to do over again I would have taken the rest of the week off and gone back on Monday. The surgery really knocked me out for longer than I expected. I thought I would bounce back much quicker than I did. Take the extra time if at all possible!

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Thanks, It will be Easter weekend and I hate to stick someone else seeing that it is my weekend and holiday to work but I am afraid of driving and being in pain. How about driving? Are you allowed right away?

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I was banded on a Thursday and went back to work on the following Monday. My job is not very physical. You can't drive if you're on a narcotic for pain. I only had pain from trapped gas in my shoulders and I found that 800mg of motrin gave me a lot of relief. Good luck!

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Thanks, It will be Easter weekend and I hate to stick someone else seeing that it is my weekend and holiday to work but I am afraid of driving and being in pain. How about driving? Are you allowed right away?

I was told I could drive as soon as I was off the hard stuff and using Tylenol only.

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I had surgery on Friday 1/26 and went back to work on Wednesday. I could have gone back to work on Monday, but already had coverage for Monday and Tuesday. I am a dental hygienist and sit most of the time. Good Luck

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I had surgery on 3/23 (Monday) and planned on going back Sunday.

I had a LOT of side effects from the anesthesia which have knocked me on my butt. I was not expecting it at all. Soreness-wise, I'm fine. But I dry heave a lot from the gas, get pretty nauseous, etc.

I called my boss and am now going back on Thursday, so that will have been 11 days since surgery that I've been off. I hate that I've needed this much time but there's no wayyy I'd make it into work today like I had originally planned.

I would take off a few extra days if I were you. Let them know that you might be up to working earlier than you stated but personally I'd rather have a few days extra than not enough.

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      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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