Re: Post-op:How long absent from work?

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Re: Post-op:How long absent from work?

> At 2:51 PM +0000 9/8/01, lonbelgravia@... wrote:

> >I am going to be switched in four days! I have told work that I will

> >be out for two weeks. Was that realistic? What has been your

> >experiences?

>

> I needed at least 5 weeks, and really 6 weeks turned out even better.

> But, I am an old fart, so you young'uns may do bretter.

I think it also probably depends on how ambulatory you are before surgery.

If your BMI is lower, you're probably more ambulatory, which should speed

recovery. However, it seems to be a YMMV kind of situation. (YMMV = your

mileage may vary) I've asked the same question and gotten a variety of

answers. My dream situation is to go back to work (I teach high school)

about 19 days post-surgery; some people have said that's realistic

(including the doctor's nurse), but others have said that it's not. I think

that you have to plan on being out for about 6 weeks and then pray you're

one that has a very speedy recovery.

alyssa

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At 3:53 PM +0000 9/8/01, lionrampart1@... wrote:

>...

> > But, I am an old fart, so you young'uns may do bretter.

>>

>> --Steve

>> --

>> Steve Goldstein, age 61

>

>

>Steve, Don't you mean delicately aged to a fine perfection? Meli

Yeah, that, too, Meli! --Steve

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In a message dated 9/8/01 11:38:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

joemeetsjane@... writes:

> I have told work that I will be out for two weeks. Was that

> realistic? What has been your experiences?

I traveled back from Spain after 2 weeks and worked part time the first week

back (12 days postop) and then went full time after that...like othes

said...you are very very tired so you dont do much else...but its possible!1

~~* AJ *~~

Age 37 5'8''

Post op 7/24/01 Open BPD/DS

self pay - Dr Baltasar -Alcoy Spain

07/24/01 BMI 64 415.1

08/06/01 BMI 59 390.2 -24.9 lbs! -10.75 inches

08/16/01 BMI 58 387.0 -28.1 lbs! -11.25 inches

08/24/01 BMI 58 386.5 -28.6 lbs! -15.5 inches

08/30/01 BMI 58 378.3 -36.8 lbs! -21.25 inches

My personal website: www.WLS4AJ.homestead.com

Check out the Bellingham Support Group at WWW.WLSBellingham.homestead.com

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--I have told work that I will be out for two weeks. Was that

realistic? What has been your experiences? Thanks

Dear ,

I went back full time to my office job (I am a CFO of a company) 11

days post-op. I was tired when I got home from work but otherwise

did fine.

Jane J.

230/169 (-61 lbs.)

Lap BPD/DS

April 26, 2001

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I hate to be a possible " downer " on this subject, but I think it's important

not to " bet the farm " on being able to go back to work so early. I have a

non-desk job requiring long hours and a lot of stamina, but after two pre-op

discussions about it with my surgeon, we decided a 4-week period of being

out seemed reasonable. This was what I counted on, therefore, financially,

and what my place of employment counted on as well. Alas, due to continuing

nausea, dry heaving, diarrhea, tenesmus, fatigue, out-of-control GERD

symptoms, unpredicatble anal discharge of fats, etc., an early re-hosp for

mild dehydration and post-op tests, I still have not returned to work and

I'm **10 weeks** out now. Tried to go back at 8 weeks out, but only made it

3 half-days before needing to call in. This has been embarassing and

frustrating beyond belief for me, and it's made it hard on my workplace to

arrange for my duties to be covered.

Slowly my body is adjusting and there has been definite improvement, but I

still can't rely on having consistent symptoms I can successfully manage

while attending to my tasks at work. My story is unfortunate, and I realize

that it seems few people have these symptoms for as long as I have, but it

*is* possible that something may keep you out for longer than a couple

weeks, anyway. Esp if you don't have a desk job! A contingency plan for how

to manage in case you need longer time out would be a prudent thing to have

in mind.

Just my 2 cents -

- SC, frustrated and depressed with it all.

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> Hi -- I went back to my desk job after 11 days

> (including the hospital stay) and doing ok. I need to

> lay down when I get home but overall I am feeling

> great. Best of luck to you !

> Sharon M in NY

>

> --- lonbelgravia@... wrote:

> > I am going to be switched in four days! I have told

> > work that I will

> > be out for two weeks. Was that realistic? What has

> > been your

> > experiences?

> > Thanks,

> >

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In a message dated 9/8/01 3:32:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

DrSCB@... writes:

> I hate to be a possible " downer " on this subject, but I think it's important

> not to " bet the farm " on being able to go back to work so early

That's true..but for many of us we don't have a choice...and we got lucky and

had no complications that created a situation making it hard to go back to

work. I think since we're all adults here....we all know there are no

guarantees. I would have been in financial trouble if I'd had to be out more

than two weeks...but I knew there was the possibility it could happen before

I left. We all just have to think positive and take it as it comes!

~~* AJ *~~

Age 37 5'8''

Post op 7/24/01 Open BPD/DS

self pay - Dr Baltasar -Alcoy Spain

07/24/01 BMI 64 415.1

08/06/01 BMI 59 390.2 -24.9 lbs! -10.75 inches

08/16/01 BMI 58 387.0 -28.1 lbs! -11.25 inches

08/24/01 BMI 58 386.5 -28.6 lbs! -15.5 inches

08/30/01 BMI 58 378.3 -36.8 lbs! -21.25 inches

My personal website: www.WLS4AJ.homestead.com

Check out the Bellingham Support Group at WWW.WLSBellingham.homestead.com

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In a message dated 9/8/01 7:52:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

lonbelgravia@... writes:

> I am going to be switched in four days! I have told work that I will

> be out for two weeks. Was that realistic? What has been your

> experiences?

>

I was out two weeks...then back 1/2 time the third week. I think if you come

thru without complications, and your job is a easy one such as sitting you

could be back in 2 weeks....many of us have done it.

~~* AJ *~~

Age 37 5'8''

Post op 7/24/01 Open BPD/DS

self pay - Dr Baltasar -Alcoy Spain

07/24/01 BMI 64 415.1

08/06/01 BMI 59 390.2 -24.9 lbs! -10.75 inches

08/16/01 BMI 58 387.0 -28.1 lbs! -11.25 inches

08/24/01 BMI 58 386.5 -28.6 lbs! -15.5 inches

08/30/01 BMI 58 378.3 -36.8 lbs! -21.25 inches

My personal website: www.WLS4AJ.homestead.com

Check out the Bellingham Support Group at WWW.WLSBellingham.homestead.com