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How long were most of you in the hospital for? I've read some people have just one over night stay, some have had 4 days in.. What can I expect? I'm only taking 2 weeks off work, that better be enough

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It was supposed to have been two nights, but I stayed three nights because I could not drink enough to stay hydrated. I went home the morning of day three and I was fine. I took one week off from work and was fine. Good luck.

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I stayed 1 night. Was released 24 hours after my surgery.

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Surgery was around 9:00am on a Tuesday and I was released Wednesday afternoon around 4:30pm.

Took 3 weeks off to allow the simultaneous umbilical hernia repair to heal.

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Surgery was at 12pm on a Saturday and I was released at 1pm on Sunday. I was given 4weeks sick leave.

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Thanks guys (and gals). I'm work in Human Resources so I don't want to take much time off. My employees need me :-)

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They need you to be healthy, too!

You don't get bonus points for going back too early, especially if you have complications or just need more time to recover.

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2 nights. Was released late afternoon on the 3rd day. I had to stay a bit longer due to my blood pressure spiking post op, uncontrollable nausea, and inability to drink enough (they required 40oz a day in the hospital)...

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You take care of yourself first and worry about recovery. In my opinion, they'll probably do fine while you are away. You just concentrate on healing.

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I had surgery on a Thursday morning and went home around 3 pm Friday. I was in my office on Tuesday and traveled for work at 2 and a half weeks post op.

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One night. Surgery at 2 PM, went home at 8 PM the next day. Recovery was really fast and I was back at work after taking off 6 days.

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Mine was last week and was outpatient. 9:30 procedure and home by 3:30. Had an awesome team before and after at the clinic and at home. I am taking 7 days from work + the 2 weekends. Best advice is take the time you feel you need to be 100%. Good luck!!

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I wasn't going to rush it. Insurance covers up to 5 days, but mostly allowing for complications. I figured maybe two nights. However my colleague was in Cleveland clinic giving her husband a kidney. She came home sick after 2 days post op. Hubby still in 2 weeks later. Both reportedly contracted "hospital infections". She told me to leave as soon as I could. Great surgeons but so many germs. Ugh

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