Re: when did you return to work/school?

[Guest guest]

hey lalarena...

i had upper jaw surgery in december. i definitely

needed 2 weeks off work. i felt more like myself the

second week, but i got tired very easily and was glad

to have more time to recover.

aileen

--- lalarena125 lalarena125@...> wrote:

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hi everybody. got my surgery date today. it is feb 23.

only problem

is i will be in school. i have no problem missing

class for a week,

but do you think i'll have enough energy to sit

through class the

second week after surgery? when did you all return to

work or school?

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[Guest guest]

I had upper jaw surgery this past December 30th. School started last

Monday and I was able to attend my classes. Today's 15 day post-op

for me. I got too tired walking to class -- walking to and from my

car to get to my classes and going up the stairs. I'm thinking it

just depends on you and the kind of surgery you will be having. Mine

wasn't too bad. The biggest complaint I had was the nasal

congestion.

> hi everybody. got my surgery date today. it is feb 23. only problem

> is i will be in school. i have no problem missing class for a week,

> but do you think i'll have enough energy to sit through class the

> second week after surgery? when did you all return to work or

school?

[Guest guest]

I had upper jaw surgery this past December 30th. School started last

Monday and I was able to attend my classes. Today's 15 day post-op

for me. I got too tired walking to class -- walking to and from my

car to get to my classes and going up the stairs. I'm thinking it

just depends on you and the kind of surgery you will be having. Mine

wasn't too bad. The biggest complaint I had was the nasal

congestion.

> hi everybody. got my surgery date today. it is feb 23. only problem

> is i will be in school. i have no problem missing class for a week,

> but do you think i'll have enough energy to sit through class the

> second week after surgery? when did you all return to work or

school?

[Guest guest]

I stayed home from work for 10 business days, but feel like I could have gone

back

after 1 week if I had to.

> hi everybody. got my surgery date today. it is feb 23. only problem

> is i will be in school. i have no problem missing class for a week,

> but do you think i'll have enough energy to sit through class the

> second week after surgery? when did you all return to work or school?

[Guest guest]

I stayed home from work for 10 business days, but feel like I could have gone

back

after 1 week if I had to.

> hi everybody. got my surgery date today. it is feb 23. only problem

> is i will be in school. i have no problem missing class for a week,

> but do you think i'll have enough energy to sit through class the

> second week after surgery? when did you all return to work or school?

[Guest guest]

I was lucky and had 4 weeks off from work. I could have done easily

with just 3, but two weeks is stretching it and I certainly would

not have been able to work after just one week.

I guess it depends on the kind of surgery you're getting: I got the

full deal (upper, lower and chin), so I guess recovery was a bit

longer for me. It depends on how well you can feed and get your

energy back.

>

> > hi everybody. got my surgery date today. it is feb 23. only

problem

> > is i will be in school. i have no problem missing class for a

week,

> > but do you think i'll have enough energy to sit through class

the

> > second week after surgery? when did you all return to work or

school?

[Guest guest]

cant you reschedule for a time when u have a school break? in the

spring? or summer? my daughter was offered spring break but would not

bready to return to school and study for all her finals since she is

having upper and lower and chin... so she is going in July after all her

regent exams are over

when did you return to

work/school?

hi everybody. got my surgery date today. it is feb 23. only problem

is i will be in school. i have no problem missing class for a week,

but do you think i'll have enough energy to sit through class the

second week after surgery? when did you all return to work or school?

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[Guest guest]

I'll be going back to school next week after having lower surgery.

It has only been a few days since the surgery (really the second

surgery, they had to go back to fix up some things). I feel good,

except for the swelling, and that won't really be noticable in

another week or so. Be certain that you are not given that much

pain medication. When I first had upper/lower it took me about 2

weeks to feel halfway normal. However, when they had to go back in

after 5 weeks post-op my surgeon made sure I wasn't on much

medication (morphine,etc.) because I need to go back to school

immediately. The day after my surgery, with only some light pain

med I was feeling " normal " enough.