Adenabeth Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I am having this surgery done soon....but I have been worried about the time off from my job. Can anyone tell me if I can go back as soon as three days after the procedure and if I will be sick alot after the surgery? How often are the fills? :-? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinnyEd Posted July 18, 2007 Report Share Posted July 18, 2007 I am having this surgery done soon....but I have been worried about the time off from my job. Can anyone tell me if I can go back as soon as three days after the procedure and if I will be sick alot after the surgery? How often are the fills? :-? You may be a little sore but I would imagine that you could, if you had to, go back to work after 3 days. I had my surgery on a Tuesday and was back to work the next Monday just fine. You may still have a little gas pain, but if you make sure to walk, walk, walk and then walk some more after surgery you should be ok. I guess it really depends on what kind of work you do. As for being sick... I was not sick at all, never have been, I have not even done the dreaded "PB" even once. Good Luck! > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syndee Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 I had surgery on Thursday 6/14 and was back at work Monday 6/18. I still had some discomfort, but it was tolerable. In terms of getting sick (PB), I can't comment on that as I don't have any restriction - I get my first fill on 7/27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamhappy07 Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 You may be a little sore but I would imagine that you could, if you had to, go back to work after 3 days. I had my surgery on a Tuesday and was back to work the next Monday just fine. You may still have a little gas pain, but if you make sure to walk, walk, walk and then walk some more after surgery you should be ok. I guess it really depends on what kind of work you do.As for being sick... I was not sick at all, never have been, I have not even done the dreaded "PB" even once. Good Luck! > Hi NinnyEd, I was banded on a Monday and came home on a Wed. evening. I took the rest of the week off just to get used to the post-op liquid diet and recupe from the surgery and trip. I could have easily went back to work the day after coming home because I have a desk job and not much moving around. I walked ALOT the day before and the day after surgery. Walked around TJ both times for probably a couple miles total. I really believe that those walks helped tremendously in preventing or greatly lessening the gas problems that most have. I have a question for you though as to your fills. I also have the VG band and am getting my first fill here locally on the 21st of July. I know the norm for a first fill in a VG band is 4cc's, but I want to go back to TJ with a friend in October to have another. Do you think that I will need one by then? Right now I have no restriction and can eat pretty much anything and everything. Thanks and congrats on your weight loss. Peace, Judy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinnyEd Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 Hi NinnyEd,I was banded on a Monday and came home on a Wed. evening. I took the rest of the week off just to get used to the post-op liquid diet and recupe from the surgery and trip. I could have easily went back to work the day after coming home because I have a desk job and not much moving around. I walked ALOT the day before and the day after surgery. Walked around TJ both times for probably a couple miles total. I really believe that those walks helped tremendously in preventing or greatly lessening the gas problems that most have. I have a question for you though as to your fills. I also have the VG band and am getting my first fill here locally on the 21st of July. I know the norm for a first fill in a VG band is 4cc's, but I want to go back to TJ with a friend in October to have another. Do you think that I will need one by then? Right now I have no restriction and can eat pretty much anything and everything. Thanks and congrats on your weight loss. Peace, Judy Hi Judy! I would be confident to say that you will probably need another fill in October. (BTW - I was banded in October, TJ is beautiful that time of year!) I have just had two and they were 4 months apart. My last fill was in March and I have needed another one for quite a while now, but my present work load is preventing me taking time off and going back to TJ to get one.... I am hoping to go to a guy in Chicago for a quickie fill. The VG band seems to need a bit more "tweaking" than the smaller one. Good luck on your fill tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faith1971 Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Hi Judy!I would be confident to say that you will probably need another fill in October. (BTW - I was banded in October, TJ is beautiful that time of year!) I have just had two and they were 4 months apart. My last fill was in March and I have needed another one for quite a while now, but my present work load is preventing me taking time off and going back to TJ to get one.... I am hoping to go to a guy in Chicago for a quickie fill. The VG band seems to need a bit more "tweaking" than the smaller one. Good luck on your fill tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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