Question:
How long should I expect to be off work with LAP RNY?
— mary0981 (posted on September 5, 2001)
September 4, 2001
I attended a seminar in Dallas on WLS and the doctor said that people are
off work 2 - 6 weeks with the average being 3 weeks. It just depends on
which procedure you have and whether or not you have any complications. I
am having open RNY in October and my doctor told me he would like me to be
off work for 4 weeks.
— blank first name B.
September 4, 2001
I had my surgery (open RNY) on 14 Aug and was off for a full 3 weeks. I am
back to work 1/2 days this fourth week. I could go all day, but since I
have the leave I'm taking it easy. I could not have come back during the
3rd week.
— [Deactivated Member]
September 4, 2001
Feel free to check the library!
— [Anonymous]
September 5, 2001
I had open RNY. I was off for four weeks. I have a sit down job. If you
have a more physical job it may be longer.
— Meredith A.
September 5, 2001
two weeks, here...but I could have gone back after one. Hanging around the
house was really boring as I didn't feel well enough to do anything fun. I
just whined alot. I cudda done that at work...lol.
— Anne G.
September 5, 2001
<b><font color=/red> Hi Mary, I just had my surgery 8-27-01 and
I have a strenuous job. My doctor told me that I should be off of work for
8 weeks, but that I could go back on a 1/2 day schedule as soon as I wanted
to. He told me to remember that I am going to be much more tired than I
normally am and that I should really take it easy. I think I could go back
in 3 weeks though. <b></font>
— K T.
September 5, 2001
i had lap rny on july 23. i went back in one week. Since then i have lost
55 pounds, too. everyone is different, you have to listen to your own body.
— Courtney W.
September 5, 2001
i went back 11 days post-op i have a office job, can pretty much come and
go as i please, it was a little hard, if i would have had to be on my feet
i would have needed more time, i had open rny.
— [Anonymous]
September 5, 2001
I had lap RNY on 6/26/01. I started working again after 3 weeks but boy was
I exhausted. I didn't really feel like "myself" until about 6
weeks out.
— Jonathan M.
September 5, 2001
I returned to a full-time office position 8 days after my lap RNY; my
daughter went back to a full-time position as a preschool teacher 14 days
post-op lap RNY. We did just great and experienced no problems other than
feeling more tired than usual at the end of the day. It's important to
accept that everyone will experience different levels of pain tolerance and
ability to return to a fully functional status. Listen to your body....it
will tell you when you're ready to increase your activity. Give yourself
plenty of opportunities for extra naps and early bedtimes if
possible...accept any help that is offered you by friends and family...try
not to over-do. Patients who have laparascopic surgery are often tempted
to do too much, too soon, simply because they generally have much less pain
post-op than "open" surgery patients. Remember that although the
work on the "outside" is less dramatic, the work on the
"inside" is exactly the same....lap or open, it's still a
"major surgery". Be good to yourself in those early days, you're
going to have the rest of your life to reap the benefits of this surgery
:-) Best wishes!
— Diana T.
July 23, 2002
I THINK IT DEPENDS ON YOUR AGE, I AM 55 AND THERE IS NO WAY I COULD OF WENT
BACK IN 4 WEEKS I HAD BAD INCESION PAIN FOR 3 WEEKS COULD HARDLY MOVE. I AM
JUST LUCKY I WAS LAID OFF AT THE TIME OF MY SURGERY SO I DIDNT HAVE TO GO
BACK, BUT EVEN AT SIX WEKS I WAS HAVING PROMBLE TOLERATING FOOD.
— ROSEMARY A.
April 7, 2005
I had surger on 3/23 and was back at an office job on 4/4/2005.
I could have come a bit earlier, but my energy levels were still such that
a mid day nap did me much good. Heck I could still use one, but I'm doing
OK.
— Derrick P.
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