how long were people off work for from revision from lap band to bypass?

sapphire12305
on 10/3/15 5:15 pm

how long were you off work? any restrictions? im revision from lap band to bypass... thanks

Karen R.
on 10/4/15 6:12 am - Amelia, OH
Revision on 09/10/15

I am still off, I had my surgery on 9/10/15 (removal of eroded lap band and port, RNY, hernia repair; then he had to go back and reinforce my pouch that developed a leak from the damage the band did to my stomach). I am a bit older, 58 years, so I am not bouncing back as fast as I did when I was young. My surgeon wants me off 8 weeks and then only return to light duty.

Karen

Ht: 5'3"/Pre-Band Weight:256/Revision to RNY 9/10/15-Weight: 219--GW: 115--CW 105

Jenbug43
on 10/5/15 7:09 am

I took the full eight weeks....it was summer and I could do it so I figured why not! But....I felt decent in about two weeks. I have a desk job and may have been able to pull it off if I had to. You get very tired easily. I found that it was more so the emotional factor that was tough. Getting in protein, water, vitamins, etc is hard but once I went back to work full time it was very hard. I work a lot of hours too. I guess every situation is different but I felt ok after two or three weeks. Best of luck to you!

Jen

Greerdans
on 10/6/15 6:08 pm
RNY on 08/17/15

If you have a desk job, you should be able to go back to work quickly. I had my revision on 8/18 and went back to work the next Monday. I've been walking and exercising since I came home and have been doing very well. The only restriction I had was not lifting heavy things. Good luck. You will do great and have a totally different experience with the bypass.

kaniky
on 10/8/15 12:16 pm
RNY on 05/18/15

I had my surgery on Monday, May 18th and went back to work the following Tuesday. I have a desk job and took things slow. To be honest though, I didn't start feeling like myself for over two months.

I never said it would be easy. I said it would be worth it.
M1: -15, M2: -14, M3: -8, M4 -11, M5 -8, M6 -7, M7 -8, M8 -4

 

Queen JB
on 10/9/15 12:03 pm
RNY on 07/20/15

I took a month. I think I could have managed to go back sooner, but I have a very active job and it seemed like as long as short term disability was willing to pay for the time off, I was going to take it!

  • High Weight before LapBand: 200 (2008)
  • High Weight before RNY: 160 (2015)
  • Lowest post-op weight: 110 (2016)
  • Maintenance Weight: 120 (2017-2019)
  • Battling Regain Weight: 135 (current)

nelchina
on 10/9/15 2:14 pm
RNY on 11/21/14

I have a desk job. I went back to work from the home office after one week. I went back into the office after two weeks.

HW 285 SW (11/21/14) 268 CW (10/09/15) 188

M1- 24| M2 -6| M3 - 9| M4 - 4| M5 -7 | M6 -7 | M7 -6 | M8 -5 | M9 -5 | M10 - 3


wanabloser
on 10/11/15 6:03 am

I was back to work in about two weeks. the hardest thing about going back to work was getting down enough fluids and always been tired. since I have a desk job it wasn't that bad

    
Lisa09
on 10/19/15 6:17 pm - NH

My surgeon said 4-6 weeks, so I'm putting in for short term disability leave of 6 weeks and will adjust as needed. I'm a teacher so I wish I could have done this over the summer, but...My job is physical and very scheduled, so I really need to be pretty well recovered. Good luck to you!

HW: 280 SW: 270. CW: 190. Goal: 140

Lap Band: 10/2007 Insurance Approval: 10/19/15 Revision to RNY: 11/2/15

Preop -10 M1 -26  M2 -19  M3 -10  M4 -11  M5 -3  M5  -4  M6 .. Too tired to do the math, but slow

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