How long did you wait....

[Penweary 1]

I have my last visit with the surgeon before we set a date for my surgery on August 11. I'd love to have it done on the first available date that he has BUT I start a new job Monday, three weeks training and then I start school. So...Do I do it August 21st and just have the weekend to recover OR do I wait until my Xmas break from school so I have a full 2 weeks off to recover? How long was your recovery? Do you think that after 2 days you could sit in lecture all day? How long did you wait to return to work?

Thanks guys!

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Discuss with your surgeon. Without knowing you (and how you heal, do you have comorbidities, how old you are, who your surgeon is, yada yada etc LOL) it's impossible to say for sure but odds....

playing the odds do not do it with just 2 days to recover. You'll screw up your new job.

Better to wait until Christmas break.

Your surgeon can guide you best in this (he knows his patients) but even we bandsters who had worry free easy great recoveries need more than 2 days recovery.

Plus you'll be on a liquid diet for a while...you'd be stressing your body too much I think, between healing and the new job. Making too many demands with no nutrition.

[Teacher07 3]

Oh goodness, wait until Christmas Break. 2 days after surgery I was still a pile of $hit!

[lindas0809 0]

Don't push yourself- wait until Christmas break(even though it's hard). I was shocked by how long it took me to REALLY recover. I could function two days later, but couldn't have worked.

[Penweary 1]

Thanks guys!