How many days will I be away from work...estimate? Just from your experience.
2007-11-30 13:40:13 · 17 answers · asked by sacabeans00 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
3 days to a week
2007-11-30 13:42:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My surgeon told me I would be back to work in a week. I told him what my job was and he revised it to 3 weeks. I detailed the specifics of my job including the amount of weight I am required to lift and it became 5 weeks. However, my surgery included the repair of an umbilical hernia, and this added to the overall recovery time. If I sat a desk all day, I would definitely have been back to work in a week.
I was very uncomfortable for two days and needed pain medication (Tylenol 3 with codeine), after that it wasn't too bad.
2007-11-30 21:46:31 · answer #2 · answered by curtisports2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're having a laparoscopic choleycystectomy (lap choley), your hospital stay will be overnight, you'll be discharged to home the next day. Full recovery takes about 3 weeks but depending on the type of work you do, it could be as soon as 2.
A few lap choleys turn into open choleys (open choleycystectomy) due to unexpected events. In this case, you'd be discharged to home in 4 to 7 days and your recovery time would be 4-6 weeks with a return to work in about a month.
2007-11-30 21:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by TweetyBird 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say that it depends to some extent on how long your gall bladder acted up before problems were diagnosed and it was removed - I had undiagnosed attacks for 6 months - felt like I was dying when it happened. It took me a week to 10 days to be feeling really good again - I was so afraid to eat afterwards because so many foods had been triggers.
2007-11-30 21:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by lelliegirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3 days
2007-11-30 21:42:49 · answer #5 · answered by glamour04111 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had mine out on a monday and went back to work the following monday. Doc told me to say out at least 2 days after surgery. I difinitely could have been back in 3 days but decided to take the whole week.
2007-11-30 21:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by Pandora 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just had a friend and a family member who had the procedure done (gall bladder removed laproscop.) within one week of one another. Both were outpatient procedures. One took two days off from her job at a daycare, another took one week off her job as a secretary. Both said the third day was the worst post-op. So, I'd give yourself a week.
2007-11-30 22:12:41 · answer #7 · answered by Daisy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
most avg a week, some more some less, depending on how healthy you are and what type of job you do.
my sister just had hers - she was better within about 4 days but didn't go back for 2 wks because she was still swollen and couldn't bend easily.
2007-11-30 21:44:36 · answer #8 · answered by hb232 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was up and going the next day. You just have to be very careful.My surgeon did say take it easy for a week but I felt pretty good about 2 days afterwords...
2007-11-30 21:44:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
3 days if it's minor but up to 1 1/2 weeks if it's serious
2007-11-30 21:43:36 · answer #10 · answered by Jose L 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋