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Re: 2 days off for lap -- is that enough?
From: Belinda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue May 3 16:07:53 2005
Thanks Sara'. The surgery is going to be on a Wednesday. I think I may
go ahead and take off Thursday & Friday so that'll give me those 2 days
plus the weekend. Thankfully I have a desk job that's not demanding so
hopefully it won't be too bad going back to work. I was just trying to
remember what to expect afterwards (swelling, pain, etc) and how long
everything would last. Again...thanks for the info. Oh yeah, I'll let
you know how the D&C and ablation work for the "old blood". The dr says
it will help. Let's just hope so! Take Care :-)...
At Tue, 3 May 2005, Sara' wrote:
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>At Tue, 3 May 2005, Belinda wrote:
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>>Hello everyone. I'm having lap done on the 18th. This will make my 3rd
>>lap but it's been about 5 years since my last one. The dr is also going
>>to do a D&C and uterine ablation (balloon therapy) at the same time.
>>I've requested off of work 2 days -- the day of the surgery and the day
>>after. From what I can remember, I "think" I was feeling better after
>>2-3 days after the lap. Is this about the normal recovery time? Also,
>>I'm having trouble remembering how long it took for the swelling to go
>>down. This will be my first time having a D&C and uterine ablation.
>>Does anyone know the recovery time on these procedures? My mom and dad
>>are coming down to help out with the kids so that it will take some
>>pressure off of my husband and myself. Like I said earlier, it's been
>>years since I've had the last lap and I'm having trouble remembering
>>about the length of recovery time. I'm just trying to figure out how
>>much time I'll need off of work & get a quick "refresher course" on what
>>to expect afterwards...Thanks!!
>>
>>--
>>Belinda
>>
>Hi again,
>You may want to see if you can take a week off from work.Generally you
>feel better after a few days, but 2 days may be a little too soon to
>return to work.You generally will still feel tired and somewhat sore and
>you want to rest and recuperate as much as possible after.It's good that
>your parents will be there to help too.Remember, even though they call
>it band-aid surgery it's still surgery and should be treated as such.
>Take care & good luck.
>Sara'
>
>--
>Sara'Fleming
>
--
Belinda
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