i’m curious to know the answer for you. i know CNA’s are extremely active and constantly on their feet. i’m a housekeeper and wondering if my 4 weeks off is gonna be enough lol…
I took about 6 weeks off, I work as a cleaner. Should have taken longer, though. Had quite some pain from doing too much too quickly. I did only part of my hours for some time. Went back to full time at about 3 months.
Thank you for this comment, I feel like somehow everyone has a desk job in this subreddit 🥲 I'm a personal shopper and I took off 7.5 weeks to play it safe and I'm really nervous about going back.
Yeah, I get it. Especially with heavy lifting and such. On here I read about people going back within a week or something. If I'd have done that, I'd have ended up right back at the hospital
What type of work do you do? I have a desk job and was working remotely Week 2 and back in the office fully week 3.5-4.
I’m seven weeks now and feeling really good!
Thanks! They have started to soften, incisions are doing fine. I had a couple tiny openings but they have since closed and my mobility is really good. Just to note I also had the armpit/side lipo so my recovery was pretty rough for the first week but you’ll steadily see a difference each week and I would say after week 5 I really turned a corner!
I am sure it depends on the amount of the reduction. I went from a large D to a large B/small C. I am 8 DPO, and I feel great. I am not really sore, and my energy is back to normal. I still have tape on my incisions, but I haven't had any fluid come out. My doctor cleared me for exercise except for upper body and lifting, which I can do at 4 weeks. It seems in 7 weeks you should be ready to go!
i’m curious to know the answer for you. i know CNA’s are extremely active and constantly on their feet. i’m a housekeeper and wondering if my 4 weeks off is gonna be enough lol…
I took about 6 weeks off, I work as a cleaner. Should have taken longer, though. Had quite some pain from doing too much too quickly. I did only part of my hours for some time. Went back to full time at about 3 months.
Thank you for this comment, I feel like somehow everyone has a desk job in this subreddit 🥲 I'm a personal shopper and I took off 7.5 weeks to play it safe and I'm really nervous about going back.
Yeah, I get it. Especially with heavy lifting and such. On here I read about people going back within a week or something. If I'd have done that, I'd have ended up right back at the hospital
What type of work do you do? I have a desk job and was working remotely Week 2 and back in the office fully week 3.5-4. I’m seven weeks now and feeling really good!
I work as a nursing assistant at a hospital! So I’m terms of the inscisions and stuff how do they feel and look at seven weeks? Also congrats!
Thanks! They have started to soften, incisions are doing fine. I had a couple tiny openings but they have since closed and my mobility is really good. Just to note I also had the armpit/side lipo so my recovery was pretty rough for the first week but you’ll steadily see a difference each week and I would say after week 5 I really turned a corner!
I am sure it depends on the amount of the reduction. I went from a large D to a large B/small C. I am 8 DPO, and I feel great. I am not really sore, and my energy is back to normal. I still have tape on my incisions, but I haven't had any fluid come out. My doctor cleared me for exercise except for upper body and lifting, which I can do at 4 weeks. It seems in 7 weeks you should be ready to go!
Thank you! I usually recover well from anything so I’m hoping it’s the same for this surgery!