How long off work for LBL?
You know, I'm not having an LBL and I work at home, so I am probaby not the best person to answer this question... BUT, that won't stop me! Haha!
I'd say to take as much time off of work as possible - as much time as you are allowed. You can always go back early if you feel ready, but on the other hand it can be difficult and cause drama if you decide you need an extension on you previously agreed upon leave. If you have the option to work from home or return part-time, there migh be ways you can kind of slowly ease back into work once you are ready.
Just my two pennies.
VSG December 2011
Choose gratitude.
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23
I'm sorry to hear that. How did they handle it at work when you needed that extra time? How much time is available to you now?
Yes, praying that things go smoothly this time. Prayer is really all you can do, assuming you picked a surgeon that you are completely confident in.... (((HUGS))) I'm sure having had complications before just makes you even more nervous... but hopefully you've already met your your lifetime complication limit. ;) (if only such a thing existed!!)
VSG December 2011
Choose gratitude.
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23
How long can you take? I would take at least 4, if possible. I am a teacher and off for the summer. I had 7 weeks off and was exhausted when I went back.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."
I had a LBL on January 24th. My job allows teleworking, and I figured I'd be able to telework by week 2. WRONG! Between the discomfort, the drugs, and brain fog from the anesthesia, I was useless for the first 2 weeks. Week 3, I was able to telework. Week 4, I was back at work, but on a part-time basis (4-6 hours a day), and ended up taking a day off in the middle of the week. Week 5, I was able to get back to work full-time and feel good.
Like everything else, your mileage may vary. But you certainly aren't going to want to go back to work with the drains unless you absolutely have to. They don't hurt, but they're a flipping nuisance. I didn't get my last drain pulled until Week 3 and, oh, the liberation!
I'd ask for 6 and then come back early (and part-time) if I felt up to it sooner than that.
Thanks everyone. They were good w/ my complications after bypass because my life was at risk. Almost didn't make it a few times. It was scary. I know this will be different. It's skin, not my bowels and intestines getting mutilated.
So, I'm looking, and I have 4 weeks of sick days to use up plus 2 extra days. Cool.
I have one float day and two personal days. So far that's 25 1/2 days. Then if I add two weeks of vacation onto that, I'll have.... 35 days.
So if my surgery is June 5th (which it is!!!), that gives me seven weeks paid. Anything after is unpaid and I'm a single mom raising two teenagers alone. No room for unpaid days unless I have a complication. I think I can do seven. It'll be summer and life will be easier in Michigan.
I'll just chalk the summer up to recovering when I'm not working.