Time off work?
I took 8 weeks off. My surgeon recommended 4-6 minimum up to 8 weeks. I took all 8 and was glad I did. My recovery was picture perfect for an open procedure, but it really kicked my ass. My incision took only 2 weeks to heal, but it took another 2 weeks to get my head on straight. There was no chance of critical thinking for a good month. Shoot...even the pictures on the TV moved too fast for me to follow for a while. At around 6 weeks I was feeling more like myself, and I took the final 2 weeks to work out a routine strategy for work.
I would plan on 4 weeks, with the option to come back early or stay a little longer. Some do half-days until they build their energy for a full day. If your job requires critical thinking, take as much time off as you can muster. I know of one guy who lost his job because of a grave error he says he would never have made at any other time. He returned too early at 2 weeks for the judgement he needed on the job.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
That's really good info, thanks! I do have a very mind involved job (I'm a medical coder) so I don't want to underestimate things. I have a really really hard time disappointing people tho and I'm the best coder so it will be hard on everyone else if I'm gone too long. I just want to plan the perfect medium. I wonder have any of u heard if there is less time required for a revision? I'll be a sleeve to ds. With the sleeve redone.
Its a major surgery either way. I think the brain fog is more from anesthesia than the procedure itself. They can live without you so you can recover. If productivity goes down, they will appreciate you that much more, but it will still get done.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I took three weeks as I couldn't stay off work any longer. It was really tough, I was so tired and felt terrible. It's more difficult than you think adjusting to the low calories and liquid diet. Thankfully it snowed a lot that year and I ended up working from my home. If you can take the time, take it. If your job is sedentary and you are not stressed at work, you may be able to go back earlier.
I'm an IT manager. Normally if I were sitting in my own office I would have been fine at 3 weeks. I was working on a special project across campus and was ultra stressed with no privacy or place to relax. I was pain free, just generally felt bad and was so so tired. After I was able to eat normal food I bounced back quickly.