Recovery time off work
It took me a good 5 weeks to clear my head from the "anesthesia fog". Others have returned to work within a couple of weeks and made some very dire errors at work for the same reason. Quick and critical decisions or any analytical thinking is liable to be skewed for a few more weeks.
Valerie
DS 2005
There is room on this earth for all of God's creatures..
next to the mashed potatoes
I was out for two and a half weeks since I had a rough recovery. (Opiate pain meds don't do jack for me, so I did the whole recovery on Advil.) I was exhausted for the next month, but at least I was OK to go to work (desk job).
Sparklekitty / Julie / Nerdy Little Secret (#42)
Roller derby - cycling - triathlon
VSG 2013, RNY conversion 2019 due to GERD. Trendweight here!
I have a desk job and took 2 weeks off. I was tired the first 2 days back at work. But I was sick of being at home. I had an easy surgery and recovery. I was driving myself around 4 days after surgery as I was off pain meds.
Surgery Date 04-22-14 HW 2011 388(lost 60lbs on WW, regained 40) Surgery Consult Weight 1/10/14 - 367 SW 357 - CW 9/15 210.
Stalls are your body's way of telling you not to get too cocky.
5K - 1st 59:00(9/14) PR 33:45(9/15)
10K - 1:14(10/15) 1/2 - 1st 3/20/16
I felt "back to myself" after 5-6 days. But I had 2 weeks off. The first week including surgery day (a thursday) to the following weds. I worked from home the last week of my recovery.
I would say 2 weeks if you have an office job. I got min in late january and I was cooped up and my dad has to shovel a path for me to walk. It was hard. So while this time off feels exciting, i couldn't do a 3rd week off. and i'm someone who LOVES hanging in and watching tv and just relaxing. I was super bored.
Getting back to a routine is very helpful as you start life after surgery.
When I had my lap band, I only took 2 weeks off. I was ok to return, but just was not up to the fast pace at the office and got tired extremely quickly. When I have my revision, I plan to take 6 weeks off. I hope to be home for during November and December adjusting to the new me and getting myself back to 100% before returning in January 2016. We'll see if my plans work out! :)
