Guest guest Posted April 7, 2000 Report Share Posted April 7, 2000 I'll be having MGB with Dr.Rutledge on May 5th..My question is regarding my return to work.After reading posts,attending support groupmmeetings as well as clinic with Dr.R ,when my date was decided I asked off for a week only,just in case of problems,which I don't forsee,but due to the fact that I work 3rd.shift alone ,my supervisor incessed that I take 2 weeks as this was major surgery.My next question is I'm a telephone operator and usually keep a cup of water at my station at all times to keep my mouth and throat from becoming so dry,how will I do that now and also regarding meals once I'm on solids again,I sleep usually from around 8a.m. until about 3p.m.,then get up do things that need doing and depending on if I'm still tired or sleepy lay back down until 10 or 10:15 then go to work.My concern is getting everything in that I need ( vitamins,protein,foods,liuids) durning those hours or will I need to use an alarm to wake up every couple of hours? Thanks in advance for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2000 Report Share Posted April 7, 2000 If you have the paid leave available, why not take it? If you feel great after surgery take the time to start an exercise routine, visit friends, do some spring cleaning or something. If you can keep a container of water by your desk to sip on, you can keep Gatorade or a protein shake to sip on post op. And with the kind of energy alot of post ops have after they get themselves going, you just might not need that nap at 10 before work. ;-) I've never heard of anyone needing an alarm to wake up to take carafate or anything. Granted, I haven't had the surgery, but I think all of us preops have planned out our eating " strategies " that we'll need after surgery. :-) Maybe as you go through your next work day, just think consciously of those times that allow you to take a bit of something here and there, walk yourself through a day as if you were post op. Keep a container of Mylanta or even water as a " representative " of your Carafate and just do everything as you would do if you were post op. From the supplement charts, you could rearrange the times to fit your topsy turvy schedule and see where things fit. You have a couple of weeks to practice. Good luck. :-) fg At 07:15 AM 04/07/2000 -0000, you wrote: >I'll be having MGB with Dr.Rutledge on May 5th..My question is >regarding my return to work.After reading posts,attending support >groupmmeetings as well as clinic with Dr.R ,when my date was decided >I asked off for a week only,just in case of problems,which I don't >forsee,but due to the fact that I work 3rd.shift alone ,my supervisor >incessed that I take 2 weeks as this was major surgery.My next >question is I'm a telephone operator and usually keep a cup of water >at my station at all times to keep my mouth and throat from becoming >so dry,how will I do that now and also regarding meals once I'm on >solids again,I sleep usually from around 8a.m. until about 3p.m.,then >get up do things that need doing and depending on if I'm still tired >or sleepy lay back down until 10 or 10:15 then go to work.My concern >is getting everything in that I need ( vitamins,protein,foods,liuids) >durning those hours or will I need to use an alarm to wake up every >couple of hours? Thanks in advance for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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