Re: VIQ--Very Important Question

July 6, 2004

Kim,

Thanks for answering. I hope my surgeon doesn't want me to be off for 6

weeks. While I appreciate the fact that it gives you an opportunity to get

accustomed to the diet and the changes in your body, I would have to delay the

surgery until I have enough leave to take off that long. Plus, I'm not sure I

could be away from the office that long.

And after 6 weeks.....NO ONE will recognize me!!!!!!!!! Now THAT is an

AWESOME thought!!!

Thanks,

Tressa

I had lap gbs and I had no problems. I am one month out and doing

FANTASTIC!!!! There was little pain and I was up and around as soon as soon as

the

second day after surgery. Now mind you I just turned 31 and had no other

problems

other than being over weight.

I have a desk job too but my doctor makes all his patients take 6 weeks off.

He wants everyone to concentrate on eating and healing. Not many people who

have this surgery are off that long.

Kim

Tressa999@... wrote:

Ok, here is the question I have been waiting to ask. Regarding the pain

after laproscopic RNY. Relative to laproscopic gall bladder surgery...the

same,

not as bad or worse. I had the gall bladder surgery 4 years ago. The pain

was kind of bad for the first 3 days. But after that, was very bearable.

And one other question. With a desk job, how long do you need to take off

of work with the lap RNY? I'm hearing 2-3 weeks, 3-4 weeks. With the gall

bladder, I was told one week. I went back to work after that week, but was

very week, and ended up taking off 3 more days.

So............will 3 weeks do it????

I know these seem like baby questions, but I have a tendency to dwell on

these kinds of things.

Thanks for any answers anyone can provide.

Tressa999

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