New to this forum....getting bat wings clipped next month

My surgery is scheduled for 9/12.  I'm both excited and nervous. 

Would appreciate any insight from those of you who have had this done.  I do work with someone who had it done, so I have used her experience as my go-to research.

How long did all of you have to be off work?  My surgeon told me a couple of weeks (desk job), but my co-worker was off 4 weeks. 

I had my surgery last month. I took two weeks off and that was plenty. So far, I've had a very easy recovery...nothing major. Some aches and pains, but I stopped all narcotics pain meds about 3 days out. I also started back exercising (just walking) 3-4 days post op. I started running again 3 weeks post op. It's been very easy and I looooooove my results!

Oh thanks for your reply!  That gives me a 2nd person who has just done great with it.   I have my pre-op appt. on Tuesday and one of my questions has to do when I can start upper body strength training again.  I'm sure I won't be able to do that for quite some time.  I'll start walking just as soon as I'm on my feet.

I'm still not lifting weights...I decided to wait until 6-8 weeks out, because I want the scars to heal as much as possible. I am back to my cardio routine-run 3x a week, spin twice, and stepper machine. I am training for a 10 mile race, and I feel fine with that. I hope to start adding some strength training in next week or the week after.

I did do as much as possible before going in for the surgery.

I'm right behind you, getting mine done on Oct 5th and was also told 2 weeks.

Hi Wanda, welcome to the PS side!  Please be sure to post and let us know how you're doing after your surgery.  This is also a great place to get your questions answered.  There's a lot of experience in this forum.

My surgeries are scheduled for December so I've been doing a lot of research and asking a million questions.

Well Hi Lee!  Fancy meeting you here!

I hate to admit it, but I haven't done a lot of research about PS.  VSG I researched a LOT before making a decision.  More than anything I think it's because I know someone who had it done.  She had complete success so I'm just going with that.  Not sure I want to hear any horror stories.  If something happens with me, I'll just deal with it.   I don't want to make myself more nervous than I already am.

Kind of going through the "Should I do this or just live with the sagging arms" conversation with myself......kind of like how we all try to talk outselves out of WLS in that "Maybe I can try just dieting one more time."

But then I look in the mirror.  YIKES!

I hear ya about getting nervous Wanda.  I'm the same way but I seem to be researching PS even more than the VSG.  Funny how we're all so different.

I took a Pilates class at a new studio last week.  There were mirrors on the wall.  I was wearing a short sleeved T because it was pretty warm.  When we raised our arms up over our head, then back down, I was so horrified.  Next class last week I was back in a long sleeve T.

So yup, I'm going to do it because I really don't want my arms to keep me feeling bad about myself.

Who's doing your surgery?

I'm having it done in Omaha.  Surgical Images.  If I could keep my arms at my side for the rest of my life, I wouldn't get it done.  Even raising my arms to do my hair and seeing them in the mirror is horrifying!

Yup, I get it.  I was in Spain this summer for two weeks.  We walked 10-15 miles a day and it was over 100.  One day it was 105.6 and we walked 15.5 miles between noon and midnight.  I so wished I could have been wearing a tank top.  That's reason enough for me to get this done. I've been hiding my body since I was barely a teen.  At 60 I'm ready to be done with covering up every inch.  That said, I've always worn a swimsuit and just forced myself to do.