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Originally Posted by craigwd
Thanks bro.
The GF and I have been discussing it and I've been collecting notes.
Trying to see how much time I would need to take off of work (office job and a commute on transit).
It sounds like it would need a week?
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Depends on what you do for work and how often you walk/stand for your daily routine. It also depends on how long you want to feel aches and soreness. The first 3-5 days probably are the most important recovery wise and most guys will tell you how you feel the 12 ish hours immediately after the procedure is a little misleading. You can basically stretch the daily basic aches (not too much worse of a discomfort than the worst workout aches and pains) from a month to like 4-6 months if you unwisely jump in right away. But sometimes you don't have a choice work wise and overall unwise decisions typically just extend the duration you feel discomfort vs truly hamper recovery.
If you work a desk job where you barely have to walk (ie: data entry), I think you could get away with barely more than needing an afternoon off and taking it easy for standing/walking lifting for the week or two after the procedure. You'd probably want to make sure to notify your work that you will have to take it easy for a week or two so you don't strain or injure the procedure spot.
If you do significantly more standing or walking (ie: sales, serving) or blue collar job (ie: Walking, standing and lifting), you may need closer to 3-5 days to just be in the vicinity of light duty work and maybe less than 50% for however long your body feels the need. The surgical assistants and doctor are good at giving a better idea about that and some people go right back to it right away... then complain about extra aching for an extended period of time (which ultimately goes away).
I think you'll easily figure out within a day or two how badly your activities and daily routine are going to slow or affect recovery. But it's definitely a little uncertain how your body will react before the procedure.
I suddenly did become hyper aware in that region once the anesthesia wore off and how much I used my lower torso for balancing. It'll just suddenly feel like a workout soreness. Usually that just means the ice packs and jock come back out for a short recovery session every few days.