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I know everyone is different and I have the recommendation from the dr but I am wondering about your actual experience. I am having gastric bypass March 4. How long was your hospital stay and when did you feel ok to go back to work?

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Everyone IS different. My experience--I think I stayed in the hospital for 2 days and then went home. I stopped taking the pain meds pretty quickly because they were making me nauseous so I actually felt better without them AT HOME. I took the following week off from work and then worked from home the week after that. In retrospect, I think I could have gone back to work sooner but there are a couple of things to consider--you are really tired from all that "healing" stuff! lol. And, it takes a while to get familiar with what to be eating so it is easier to handle that in your own home. I have a desk job which I can do from home if I need to.

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My hospital stay was overnight and I was back to work in 3 weeks. My job is 90% desk though.

Best of luck on your surgery! Best decision ever!

Carol

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I had a sleeve gastrectomy with hiatal hernia repair on a Tuesday, I stayed overnight 2 nights, went home Thursday, rested over the weekend and was back at work Monday with no problems. I work a desk job. I felt fine, I would have felt like I was wasting paid time off if I stayed home any longer.

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I had surgery on a Tuesday at 1pm and was discharged Wednesday at 7pm. The current plan is to have four weeks off from my (office) job, though it may stretch to six weeks. I'm in week three now, and won't know about back-to-work clearance until I see the surgeon on Feb 2. At this point there's no pain keeping me from working - just a lack of stamina and amount of effort on learning to eat and exercise and manage the new digestive system.

I think you'll get a different answer to this question from every person you ask. Our answers vary based on each person's healing and health and level of physical effort in our jobs, of course, but also on our financial and employment situations. I have full 100% pay on short-term disability leave for up to 3 months, so the only things pressuring me to get back to the grind are my darn midwestern work ethic and the fact that I love my job. :)

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I was in the hospital for two days and returned to work in a week. I planned to take 2 weeks, but I felt really good, so I went back early

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I may also add that I left the hospital with no pain meds. It is my doctors practice to not prescribe pain meds, he says that if you need them, you should stay in the hospital.

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I had surgery on 1/6, stayed 2 nights in the hospital, and was back to work on 1/21. I was definitely tired back at work the first few days. I am a teacher and ended up sitting a lot more than I normally would. I feel much better this week and am almost back to my normal self at work.

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My surgery is later this week and I'm *hoping* for a long weekend of recovery, then back to work since I'm self-employed as a freelance writer/home officed. So that part is great, can work in my jammies or sweats if I need to, easy to do my own food here and can take a break if needed. That said, I have clients and deadlines that depend on me -- they are all very understanding, but in my world, deadlines are deadlines -- I've done as much work ahead as humanly possible, but am very stressed about that --

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I had RNY with hiatal hernia repair. Was in the hospital two nights. Was out of work 3 weeks. I work in Customer Service, but was still on lifing restrictions.

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1 night, no pain meds sent home. Went back to work on day 8. Should not have. I teach college and didn't want to miss classes. I sat during class for a week. Driving to school was the worst part.

I did not have ports which I think also makes a difference in the time frame for many people.

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Hi I had surgery on a Monday and was released that Wed, all the gas came out that Friday and I was walking and improving everyday, I do believe that I could have went back to work that Monday but I stayed home until I had my two week check up and then I return back to work. I have a very demanding job but I was ready for it. I had no complications and my husband and family were great. After my 6 week check up I was approved to exercise and I began exercising three times per week and then went up to 5 days per week. I have had no complications and no problems. Good luck and congrats on your choice on being healthy.

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In hospital 2 nights, took 2 weeks off of work. That was perfect for me. I think If I had gone back any earlier I would have been too tired.

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In hospital 2 nights, took 2 weeks off of work. That was perfect for me. I think If I had gone back any earlier I would have been too tired.

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