Down Time

[newbeginning79 5]

OK, so I finally got the call I have been waiting for over a week now. Surgeon’s office got all of my paperwork in and I can go ahead a schedule my procedure. I was given a date of May 23. The bad

part about that is I work midnights and it's really hard to find someone to

cover my shift, not to mention that we are already short staffed. My plan was

only going to take off 1 day, but was told that might not be enough recovery

time. How many days should I plan to take off from work?

[tym4me 206]

I had worked nights for years running around in a hospital. Nite shift takes alot out of you already an depends what you do at work. Did you speak to your dr an see what he suggest?

[honk 780]

I would say at least 5 business days.

[NWgirl 574]

depends on what you do. I run a restaurant and was fine with two full days off, one partial day, then two day weekend, and then one more partial before I went back. If you are expected to do a lot of heavier lifting, I'd say take more time. If you have a desk job, a few days may be fine. People heal really differently, so there's no telling how you will physically feel.

[Pollyanna12 74]

I have a desk job, I took off four days after surgery then worked part days (4-6 hrs/dy) for a week.

Not sure what you do, so take all of our input and maybe average it out??

GOOD LUCK!

[newbeginning79 5]

Thanks for all the advise. I also work a desk job. So I'm not up and down a lot, and there is not heavy lifting at all. In some cases I might be required to bend and reach. Like Stephyanders said...everyone heals differently. Because I work alone to be on the safe side I'll take 4-5 days off, plus I have plenty of sick time to use.