Guest guest Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 HR departments are for bosses like that. Had upper/lower/genio. I took 5 weeks off, insurance company approved 6, surgeon would have approved up to 8, since " that's how long it takes the bones to heal " . At 6 weeks, I tried not to talk much at work - you'll find out that it's very tiring, your facial muscles get very sore, and I started to slur words, as if I was drunk. I also tried to do some major overtime in order to meet some critical financial reporting deadlines, and really found out what stress does to the body - by the end of that week, I was trembling, weak, mouth was swelling up inside, and I took 3 days off to do absolutely nothing but flop on the couch at home. But I had an easy and quick initial recovery, it's just that you don't get full energy back for awhile. And that's good, because it tells you that you need to take it easy while your body is healing. I basically told my boss that 3 weeks was average, but that I might be off longer than that, that I didn't know how I'd fare since I'd never had major surgery before. I felt like I could come back sooner, but was glad I didn't. I actually told the nurses the night of my surgery that I felt great and was ready to go back to work! But don't go into work until you're ready to go back. You will look fine on the outside once the major swelling and bruising goes down, but there's still major healing going on inside, and people don't understand that. They would if you'd broken your leg, as my assistant did, the week after I came back to work, and was off for 3 months!. Good luck, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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