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So my employer is giving me a hard time about taking two weeks off for surgery. They said I didn't give them 30 days notice of "elective" surgery. I've been with my employer 20 years. Go figure!!! I was thinking if my doctor will approve going back in just 1 week. I have a very stressful job but it is a desk job. If I do this, what should I expect? How am I going to feel if no complications arise?

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Does your employee handbook actually specify how much notice you must give for what type of medical treatment? File for FMLA and let them bite it!

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File for FMLA and tell them them to kiss your ass. My elective surgery was covered by std and FMLA guidelines. I had no issues

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Here's my experience - I telecommute full time from home at my desk job.

I had my surgery on a Thursday and was back at work 1/2 days the following Monday, working a full day on Tuesday. I felt OK, but did feel the need to rest/nap or get up and walk around to try to expel the gas that settled in my shoulder. I am not sure I would have been up to waking up, getting dressed and going to the office the week following surgery.

During the 2nd week, I was fine, I still got tired, but I made it thru the work days fine.

Hopefully your boss will come around and let you take some time off. You need to recover - this is major surgery and you need to take care of yourself.

Best of luck to you!

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Taking time off work may be easier for some then others. Best of both worlds would be to take FMLA and do surgery during Christmas break. Most companies are slow during the weeks in Dec.

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