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I was banded on 1-29, and feel pretty good so far. I am wondering how long people stay out of work for. I work in a dual role where I can do light duty or lifiting. I am thinking two weeks.

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Check with your Doctor some require longer out of work stay because of lifting. My doctor said no lifting over 10 lbs for 5-6 weeks. I am a secretary so I went back to work in one week wich I could have taken longer. Ask your doctor and follow what he recommends and be honest about how much you lift. Good Luck.

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I am a Corporate Trainer and I went back to work today. 6 days post-op.

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I was instructed not to lift anything over 10-pounds for several weeks.

I stayed home for 2-weeks and really felt great on day 7-post op, but was glad to have more time off to recover fully. I have a stationary desk job.

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I sit most of the day so I stayed out four days and returned on Friday to work with meds. After seven days I felt like myself again, but with restrictions to lifting and bending.

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I work in a retail showroom so I am on my feet a lot during the day. I went back to work one week post op. I was pretty tired by around 2. I went home early the first day and I took a nap in the break room the second day.

After 2 weeks I felt pretty much back to normal.

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I was banded on 1/16/09 and went back to work 1/20/09. I was off 3 days but would have only been 2 if Monday had not been a holiday. I work at a desk all day and don't lift. I felt great a little tired at the end of a 10 hour shift but with very little Protein I expected that. Everyone is different in this category for sure.

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I was back at work two days after surgery, with only the most minimal pain medication. (I could have done without the meds, in fact.) I sit at a desk, so there is nothing physical involved, but I didn't feel in the least constrained or uncomfortable. I recall tiring a bit easier than usual, but even that wasn't much. I obviously was on the lucky side here, though my experience suggests that you might end up being pleasantly surprised at how easy the post-op period will be.

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I have a desk job without lifting, I went back in 1 week but only did 5-6 hours a day until the second week when I went back to my usual 9 hours/day. I could not have stayed at home longer than 1 week!

Riley

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I had surgery on Thursday and went back to work on Saturday. I work in the medical field and we didn't have patients, but I had to do some sterilization and patient charting.

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Surgery early on a Tuesday morning, back to work for 2 hours Wednesday afternoon, back to work full time Thursday.

Actually, I felt great 4 hours after surgery, no pain medication.

I guess malingering is not in my vocabulary.

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