Can you negotiate half days?  Just a thought.

I'm 5 days out from my sleeve today.  I could see going to work in a week.  You'ld still be on full liquids, not "regular" food, but with some planning, it would be doable.  I'd like a week of halfdays if I could swing it.

Just to be more specific, I'm still on the "good" drugs, but anticipate being off them tomorrow or the next day at the latest.  I am caring for my kids, but am still off of work.  I had help with my kids last week.  Once my kids got on the bus this morning, I took a nap, and now I'm ready to go again!

But Tom's right - there really is no one answer about how long it will take.

I look forward to meeting you there...

I HAVE LOST 117LBS AND I AM 10 MONTHS POST OP OF MY VGS SURGERY. I AM HAVING A LIL DIFFICULTY GETTING RID OF MY EXTRA BELLY SKIN N MY THIGHS. DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW TO TIGHTEN THE SKIN OR IF YOU KNOW OF A GOOD PLASTIC SURGEON PLEASE SHARE WITH ME.

THANKS

I also recommend NJ Bariatrics Center in Union.  The New Jersey Bariatric Center has been  awarded the Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence designation by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).

Dr. Goyal has low complication rate, zero leaks and zero mortality.  He is the Director of Bariatric Surgery and Associate Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey.   In 2010, New Jersey Monthly magazine named Dr. Goyal one of the top doctors for bariatric and general surgery.

Dr. Forrester is currently the Director of Bariatric Surgery at Trinitas Regional Medical Center.

Overlook Hospital is a Center of Excellence in Bariatric Surgery.

I have pretty regularly attended 2 support groups since my surgery. My surgeon's group run by a nutritionist and a patient run group.

I like hearing different guest speakers on different wls topics, I like hearing from those who are further out and maintaining and how they do that. I appreciate hearing from people of all stages and even those who are struggling. I like it when the same people attend regularly so you can make friendships.

I don't like my surgeon's group very much it is run by the nutritionist and there are no speakers. Just a few handouts on a topic and open discussion time. But while the group has grown in size since I had surgery there is one guy who had surgery about the same time as me (16 months out) and a few who are coming regularly but 6-8 mo out and then a revolving door of very new post ops. It's just hard to gain much perspective when you don't have people who feel hunger and think they will never want chocolate again!