How many days off of work??

[Sunshine824 0]

How long is everyone taking before they go back to work?

[jennyr1222 0]

My surgery was Friday August 7th, I am off this whole week and back to work on Monday the 17th.

[PMNURSE64 0]

My surgery was also 8/7 I took the week off but depending on how I feel I may go back early.I am 3 days post op and feeling pretty good the gas pains are almost gone just a little sore still at the port site.

[allison_ann 0]

My surgery is Monday. Tomorrow... YEA... I think I am going to stay off a week, if I feel better and up to it maybe go back on Wed or Thurs. I will see. I am a nurse and stay on my feet all day long. I guess it will be good for the gas.LOL..

Allison

[Julia_N 2]

I took off a week, both pre and post op. I took off the day before surgery to get things in order, had the surgery on a Friday and was back to work on Wednesday. I have a desk job so it's not too strenuous. I actually felt well enough to go back on Monday but it was nice to have a couple of days off.

[band75 0]

My surgery was 08/06/09. I am returning to work 08/17/09. The gas pain sucks. It moves from my shoulder, chest to stomach.

[knwitham 0]

My surgery is this Friday 8/14 and I plan to go back to work Wednesday 8/19. I am an admin so pretty low key and not at all physical.

[MyBandJourney2009 0]

This is good information to have! I've had a lot of questions about the time afterwards and how long to feel better. Thanks for all the information! :-)

[SummerAgain 0]

Surgery on Monday, August 17th and I took the whole week.

[MissK 0]

Wow, I am a little indulgent... I am having 2 weeks off.

My last day at work is 14th August (Friday), I will be banded on Tuesday 18th August and I'm not going back to work until Monday 31st August.

BUT... my parents are driving a 2,000km round trip to be here with me so I want to be off work for as long as they are here visiting... and I have about 7 weeks sick leave up my sleeve, so, why not use it?

[MyBandJourney2009 0]

Jennyr1222,,,, Good Morning and I hope that the monday after your surgery you are feeling great! I'm very interested in how you are feeling 3 days out from Surgery? How was the process for you,,, he day of surgery,,, did you get to go home that same day? How are you sleeping? A lot of pain while moving around? Any sick stomach?

Nothing like playing 20 questions so early in the morning hu, lol:-)

[BrooklynGirl 0]

My Surgery was the 6th and I went back to work on the 10th. I actually did a lot of work on the 7th (the day after my surgery). Honestly, I must have been the luckiest person alive because the night of my surgery I was walking around my house cleaning, I walked my 2 dogs, even did some laundry. The surgery felt like I had a little menstrual cramps. When my husband had the surgery, he was out for 2 weeks after. He kept asking me what the hell was wrong with me - how could I be running around the day after surgery. I can only say thank you G-d.

[kwright 0]

BrooklynGirl I hope I'm as lucky as you are. I have to go back to work a week after my surgery. I'm praying that everything goes smooth since taking more than a week is not an option that I can choose since we're so short staffed and the week that I am to return is the start of the Fall Semester.

[TSB 1]

My surgery was Aug. 11. I also took the 10th off because I had to do bowel prep. I plan to go back to work on Monday 8/17. If I am not feeling 100% by then I may just do a couple of 1/2 days until I am back into the swing of things. I have a desk job in the social services field, so other than going up and down the stairs to see clients it is a fairly sedentary job.

Truthfully, my post op experience is going pretty darn smoothly. i do have some intermittent discomfort in my right shoulder, but it is not excruciating. Once in awhile I will get the hiccups, and that does hurt. And I also find I can't sleep for more than 2 hours at a time. Don't know why, because I am not really in pain.

[lotusflwr 0]

I had surgery 8/7/09 and don't return to work until 8/17 which is Monday. Physically I have done great. No nausea, no shoulder and chest pain. I've been a little gassy a couple of days especially later in the day. Physically I could have returned to work probably Tues or Wed after my Fri surgery. However, mentally this has been really hard. Lots of tears, lots of depression, lots of "what have I done to myself"...why didn't I just stay fat I've lived with it this long". I am 100 percent better today. I have a great support system. I have gotten tons of support here and my close family and friends have really rallied around me. I never expected such a tough time mentally. It's been years since I have had such a total breakdown.

My port site has been sore. Yesterday is was really sore, but I think I rolled over and slept on that side during the night. I put a pillow behind my back so I wouldn't do that last night, and a small rolled up towel under my belly to support it while sleeping on my good side and today it is tons better. I wish I had thought of supporting with the towel sooner.

Patty