For those who are constantly on your feet at work...how lond did it take to go back?

I am a floor RN who is constantly on my feet for most of my 12 hour shifts. Well, the scheduler is setting up our January schedules and I am wondering how long to take off. I took off 2 weeks for my band and was fine with that....but this is a bigger surgery. How long did it take you all to get back on your feet? Thanks for your help!

Your surgeon is a new name to me. Have you asked him how many DSes he's done, and who he trained with? I'm always glad to see new DS surgeons come along, but I really hate to see anyone have a DS done by a beginner.

I had an open DS with multiple complications. I have a very active job and haven't returned yet. My surgery was aug. 28th 2012. Aiming to return by mid January perhaps.

I'm a corporate trainer, and took 8 weeks off.

You also have an 8lb rule for lifting/pushing/pulling, etc, so your interactions with patients will be limited for 8 weeks.

I am a band to DS revision. I was off work for 8 weeks. I am on my feet eight hour a day and feel it was too soon. I also do heavy lifting. The DS revision kicked my tush. I felt horrible for a solid month. Even with pain killers I was not comfortable. Would be willing to do it every year if I had to though. Love my DS.

Thanks all! This helps me tremendously;). My boss is great...she knows about my surgery and is very understanding as far as the time I need off.

@MrsB..my surgeon is very well known here in my community. He has been doing the DS for several years. He has a successful reputation and I know the RN's who work with him....never heard one bad thing about him. Thank you for your concern though;)

It's great news to have another DS surgeon out there!  I'm surprised we've not heard of him sooner.  

I really needed the first 5 weeks off, and started to feel more like myself between 6-8 weeks.  I hit the ground running when I returned, even though my boss (I had a great one too) had me schedule nothing major for two weeks.  I took it easy and was exhausted when I got home, but I did great and everyone thought I was tough as nails.

I am a restaurant manager.  I went back to work after three weeks.  Honestly, I think going back to work and getting active again helped me to heal up faster and feel more like myself.  Sitting at home wasn't doing me any good, and it was actually making me feel down in the dumps (I'm a people person, so I was totally missing the human contact).  I was tired at first, but it didn't take very long to get back in the swing of things.  The most challenging thing was eating - after the DS, you're probably going to find that you can eat very little at a time, but need to eat fairly frequently throughout the day.  It is still that way for me, and I'm almost three years out.  I bring "snacks" with me to work - protein shakes, string cheese, jerky, nuts...things that are full of protein that I can set on my desk and take a bite of from time to time.  And I always kept a glass of water at the ready so I could get my fluids in.