Hi Everyone,

I will be banded in 5 more sleeps and am excited as... bit scared i quess like everyone.My question right now is work, when i have had the surgery and i have 7days doctor certifcate off. i hope not but should i expect anymore time of due to any issues? I am a Supervisour in a bank so my job isnt too physical.

How much time have you had of work due to banding any complications extra follow up after op?

I know we have fills to do but you dont have them often do you?

I have a great job and dont want to loose it coz im to sick to be there. Especially how the world is looking, Australia is in recession man...

Have a great day, Hayley :tongue:

To be banded 28th of april 2009

Weight 121kg :rolleyes2:

First off congrats on being banded I hope everything goes well for you. I know you are wondering abour complications and time off work, but before anyone answers you need to know that each and every person is different. I have read about people who go back to work the next day, where as I did not go back to work for 2 weeks. It all depends. I was in extreme pain but I have physical job so I could not do it. I had only expected to be out for 6 days but , I absolutely could not go back that early. As far as fills go I have had 3 fills since my surgery, the first in jan, the second in feb, and the third in march, about every 6 weeks. right now I am good where I am as far as a fill but will probably be going to get one sometime in may. I hope I helped a bit, and congrats.

I had surgery on April 13th and returned to work April 20th. A little sore, but made it through!

I had surgery on 2/10 and went back to work on 2/13. I'm a legal assistant and sit most of the time. Yes, I was ready to go home at the end of the day but it wasn't terribly hard on me by any means. My first fill was at 4 weeks out. Second was 3 weeks after that and my next one is next week, 4 weeks after #2. Fill visits are short! If you work near your doctor's office, you could probably schedule fills on your lunch hour.

I was banded last Friday and took off 7 days of work. I am glad I had this week off cause being on liquids you feel very tired and have limited energy. I feel I'm healing well and though I don't WANT to go back to work, I know I'll be ok once I'm there on Monday.

I was banded April 10th and returned April 14th, very sore. I worked 5 - 7 hours for the rest of the week, instead of the normal 11 hours, gotta love management! I have a desk job, nothing physical. Hope that helps. Good luck :thumbup:

I was banded on April 6th took 2 weeks off, went back to work this week and I feel so very tired, by 1pm I am done.. ready for a nap. I feel more tired this week (week 3) than last week. I expected to have my energy back but feel really tired. What are your thoughts? lack of protein or normal.... feel like I should have gone back half days, just started the puree stage

thanks

canada grrrrl

I think you are feeling tired because it does take the body quite a bit of time to recover from something like this. The dov yold me it takes a good 4-6 weeks to feel normal again. Its probably because you are back to work this week. Hope you feel better soon.

i took 2 weeks off of work after my band. i was tempted to take just a week but i'm a nurse and there's some lifting involved at times. you should be ok with a week as your job's isn't very physical. but if for whatever reason you don't feel up to it don't hesitate to ask your doc for an extension. i felt pretty good but i was so tired the 1st couple weeks back! just take it easy and you should be good. and good luck on your surgery!