Brachioplasty question

Hello all,

I am not quite a year out from my RNY and not quite at goal yet, but am getting closer every day. My body all over shows the tolls of being overweight for years and yo-yo dieting but nowhere looks worse or bothers me more than my arms. I hate them. HATE. So, of course, I'm starting to think about what I can do to fix them.

If you had your arms done as a stand alone procedure (as this is probably with I will do) how long were you out of work? I have a desk job that I work from home but it involves me typing all day long, every day. Really, if I'm not typing, I'm not doing what I supposed to be doing :). I'm trying to plan how much time I will need to save up and how I'm going to arrange scheduling so much time off at once in my small department.

Thanks in advance for any insight :).

I had my arms done alone since they drove me insane and I could hide everything else with shapewear. I had them done about a month after I got to goal. I am a teacher and would have been fine going back in 10 days (surgery on a Friday, returning to work on the following Monday) but I had already taken off that whole week so I stayed home 17 days altogether.

Thanks Laura! I knew you had your arms done pretty quick after getting to goal and I think your result is fantastic. Arms worthy of envy for sure!

Awwww..... thanks. I give my surgeon 50% of the credit, but I take the other 50%

I had my arms done with a breast lift.

Surgery was on a Thursday, follow up and wound check the next day.
I took the following week off from work, 7 work days total.

I do project management from my home office.
I was able to work easily by 10 days post op. I could probably have gone back sooner.
If surgery was on a Monday, I could have gone back the following Monday.

I did not travel or lift luggage for about 6 weeks but working at home was no problem.

Thanks Kath! This is helpful information. I still have plenty of breast left at this point so I'm likely just in need of a lift, no augmentation but I figured I'd wait and do that last, I'm afraid if I get my breasts fixed early on in the game, I'll not be able to convince my husband that the rest of me needs patching up . I'm sure there are merits to doing those two surgeries together, food for thought...

yep i had surgery this past friday go to drs tommorow and returning to work wednesday but wont be any lifting thats for sure cause the work i do requires lifting im a CNA but i will be taking it easy.. and ive been typing and texting the same night after surgery pain wasnt as bad as i thought.. 

Thanks for the info, I hope your return to work goes smoothly and you continue to heal well.