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ettienne11 · July 22, 2007

hi,

my name is danielle. i just recieved my surgical date which will be on aug 29th. i was wondering how was the pain s/p surgery and how long the downtime was. i am requesting 8 weeks but will probably get six.

i am totally excited (it took so long to get here --all the clearances!)

but, am scared as well

thanks

faithmd · July 22, 2007

:welcomeB: Congrats on your date! Thre are MANY threads around here about how long someone had off after surgery. I think most folks were off four days to ten days. I am probably one of the longer ones at four weeks. I was actually going to go and ask to go back after two weeks, but then my mom had some issues and I was glad that I had a little longer off.

I think six or eight weeks could be a bit excessive, I'd go nuts. The surgery is laparoscopic, not open. But take it if you are a slow healer or have other things going on. And if you think you will need it and have the time without taking away from anything else, then by all means, take the time.

Here's a couple other threads about how soon folks have returned to work:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f84/how-soon-after-surgery-have-u-returned-work-31539/

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/poll-time-off-between-surgery-work-24060/

DonHoll1 · July 22, 2007

Hi i am taking three weeks off and my doctor Dr. Zapata said that would be plenty. They say you are up and around real quick. My surgery is next week. I am going from Indiana to Mexico for the surgery and some shopping i hope.