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I was banded on 3/23 monday and was back for half a day on thursday and a full day on monday. i have a desk job so nothing to physical

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I had surgery on 3-10-09 and went back to a desk job on Thursday (3-12-09). I have had no problems and I feel great, but just remember every one is different and you must do what is right from you. You will know when you get up what kind of day you are going to have.

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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?

You sound like me where you worry about everyone else but yourself :eek:

Why don't you ask someone to cover you this one for something personal if you don't want them to know and tell them you'll do there next holiday weekend?

Take time for you! Good Luck :thumbup:

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surgery was on a wed. and i went back the following monday. however, i didnt have any complications really, and i wasnt sore by then except at the port site if i did lots of moving or bending.

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I was banded on Thursday and had planned to go to work on Tuesday. I too am a teacher but figured I could just sit at my desk and bark orders. However, my doctor required ! three weeks off. I made it to Thursday, so I was off a week. I felt great but I was hungry all the time. I figured if I was working I could control what I ate, or rather drank much better. It has been almost 6 weeks now and I feel wonderful. I have lost 25 pounds and go for my first fill tomorrow.

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Thanks for your answers. I am going to take saturday off and hope that sunday I will be able to go back. I am so looking forward to having this done!!!!!!

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I took off work for 1 week. I think I would have been fine after 4 - 5 days though.

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My original "pass" from work was 3-4 weeks. My surgery was Monday March 23rd; today I feel absolutely fabulous! In fact, it's a little scary how good I feel.

I see the doc on Monday 30th and could probably go back to work on Tuesday but I'm not. I figure I just paid the equivalent of a really nice used car for this surgery to help me kickstart my life so I'm just going to treat this as a vacation.

I'm a purchasing agent; sit about 80% of the time. There are two flights of stairs in our building I'd have to hit at least 4-6 times a day. That might be a little much so just going to not push it.

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I have a desk and meeting type job. Had surgery on a Tuesday, took two hours worth of meetings the following Monday, did maybe 2-3 hours of work at home at the computer the rest of the week. Went back to work the second Monday (13 days) after surgery. Definitely could have went back a few days earlier, but I was enjoying netflix and playstation way too much and doing some stuff from home kept me in good stead at work.

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