Too soon to go back to work?

luv4law07 · Newbie Joined: 20 May 2008 Posts: 2

I was originally going to go back to work a day after the surgery, I had it done yesterday 5/19 and planned to go back on the 21st. but then i called the doc and he said healing takes about 2 weeks. Well I can't afford to take that much time off work, especially since i took 6 weeks off right before this surgery for another surgery. So my new plan is to go back to work next tuesday, which is a week and a day to go back. Am I jumping ahead of myself? After reading all of this, it seems that it took a lot longer to heal. My job included talking, which right now is a real SOB, so I can only imagine what it will be like then. I'm on day two and the pain pills aren't helping much and when I breathe in really deep it hurts, I think maybe due to the anesthesia? Has anyone else experienced this? I know for my other surgery afterwards when I stayed in the hospital they made me use this breathing thing to build up my lungs. I of course didn't have this since it was an outpatient procedure.

happy_camper · Newbie Joined: 10 May 2008 Posts: 6

I had my tonsils out on 5/07 and i went to work on the 16th-18th and i did fine!

For me the pain from talking went away about the 7th day and got better and better each day after that.

hope that helps!

Too soon to go back to work?

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