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Im having some anxiety over my surgery date and how it will affect my school. My surgery is for Mon Nov 19. I planned on going back to school within one week (overall recovery would be exactly seven days), I live in nyc so I need to talk public transportation to and from school, there are quite a bit of stairs but overall its a smooth commute and I usually do get seats on the train/bus. I also do classroom observations (studying to be a teacher) and those are a lot of stairs I go up and down four days a week and sometimes I have to bend down frequently to reach homework books. Am I insane for thinking I can go to school within one week after surgery? I understand things are different for everyone, but I would love to hear overall opinions. How much gas am I going to deal with and for how long, I really do not want to be sitting in class passing gas, thats embarrassing lol. I am hesitant to change my surgery date bc everything is kind of planned around it already and my teachers are fully aware that I'll be missing one or two classes, but I am open minded enough to understand if I have to change it, then I have to. I appreciate any feedback.

Thanks Kelly and Navyjd I appreciate the feedback! It's helping me decide what to do before speaking with my surgeon on Tuesday. :-)

Thanks! I appreciate your response and will follow your advice, water, water, water. I am worried about this fatigue and working with the kids...I wish I had a crystal ball that told me my future :-( hehe.