Nurse Bandsters??

[jesbowne 19]

So I am in the final stages of the pre-op process and was wondering if there are many nurses who have had this surgery. Specifically, OR nurses.....I'm curious as to how long you had to be off work. I know they say it depends on what you do for a living as to how long you will be off work and I'm trying to plan my time off and such. Just curious

Jess

[slojo67 125]

I'm a RN, work in a recovery unit, i'm going to be off 1 wk. after surgery. I can delegate the lifting for a few wks. after surgery. My surgery is scheduled for Aug 28th! We need a nurse group on here! keep in touch

[jesbowne 19]

There is a nurse group on here but no one has posted on it...I joined but was disappointed that no one uses it

I'm hoping to only be off a week myself but I do a lot of positioning help in the OR and just pulling/pushing the beds may be of some concern to the surgeon....we shall see.

[icestorm12132008 39]

as a former CNA I can tell you from having lap band surgery and knowing the physical demands of patient care (weather you are a RN or CNA). If you have to do any lifting in your job I'd give yourself more then a week to be back to work.

Sitting for any length of time is bothersome , standing sucks till about two weeks out you are tired. Also this surgery hurts more then other surgeries.

Ask if you can take more then a week off I highly advize it.

--icestorm

[dwilliams 25]

I'm an LPN and work in LTC, I do a lot of walking with my med cart and bending to do certain treatments and the occasional lifting and positioning, I am hoping to be off for 2 weeks, from surgery date until my follow up visit with the surgeon. We will see, good luck!

Nurses Rock! :0)

dwilliams

[kyrrin1 25]

I too am an RN on busy tele unit. With all of the responses looks we might have found a new group to relate too. I am having surgery on Aug 27th. Will be taking about 2 weeks off. I think I can find other nurses to "lift" for me. God knows I have done enough lifting for our "expecting" co-workers. Any body else having surgery soon? BTW i am in california. Anybody on west coast?? NURSES do rock!

[Sphinx 22]

I'm a nurse too I'm just at the beginning of my journey, though. I go to my seminar next month. I'm borderline at best for my BMI but thinking positively that my insurance will cover.....would be nice to have support from my fellow nurses:)

[Miranda4635 29]

I work on a busy tele/ortho floor. I get banded sept 14 andI was only going to take 4 days off but by the looks of the responses I probably need to take a good week off. Good luck ladies!! Let's keep each other posted

[kristallynn13 18]

I am a an RN and work in an ambulatory care center. I needed at full two weeks. Not so much because of the physical activity, but because I was so weak from not eating or drinking much. Good Luck to you all!!

[Morganjm 5]

I am a an RN and work in an ambulatory care center. I needed at full two weeks. Not so much because of the physical activity' date=' but because I was so weak from not eating or drinking much. Good Luck to you all!![/quote']

I am a RN but currently not working because of back problems. Trying to get weight off to hopefully help my back so I dont have to have back surgery. My surgery is Sept. 19th. Good luck to all of you. Lets keep in touch. Does anyone have any great tasting Protein shake recipes. Getting ready sept 5th to start my 2 week preop diet.

[crconaway 0]

I'm rn on a neuro floor. I was banded aug 14th and I'm also taking 2 wks off. If you're unit is very short handed like mine then you know there's not many people who aren't very busy themselves to delegate to.

[crconaway 0]

Good luck everyone!! )

[Duffer625 6]

I am an ER RN, I took one week and have gone back to work, just not lifting or moving pt's. Raise the bed up to perform procdures!!!!!!!! That has helped more than anything!!

[Alanna 10]

I am a RN working in the Cardiac ICU, I took 6 weeks off and was on lite duty for 2 weeks.. Its all or nothing, I couldn't have others do my lifting. Physically I felt fine after 4 weeks, but my MD said post surgery our bodies are high risk for a hernia.. Good Luck to everyone on their lap band journey..

[jesbowne 19]

We definitely need to utilize the nurse forum.....everyone join!! Thanks for all the advice and comments...and good luck to all of us! NURSES DEFINITELY ROCK!!!

Alanna - LOVE your name......my daughter's name is Alana (pronounced uh-lay-nuh).