Bisalp today and no time off work, no restrictions?
Edit to add: trust me, I think it’s crazy too, but I explained my job and the lifting/unpredictability it entails and he was adamant there would be no recovery time from this, and my discharge paper say I can resume all normal activities after 24 hours. I asked him several times when I scheduled it. The discharge nurse scribbled in a lifting restricting because she was mad I didn’t have one, but it’s a little late in the game now 😅
So I had my laparoscopic bisalp today. It went really well, no issues and I’ve been home about 4 hours with pretty minimal discomfort and no pain. I wasn’t given anything stronger than Motrin (which is fine, I had some gnarly orthopedic surgeries last year and didn’t need much pain control), but my return to work had the nurses very concerned.
I work as a dog groomer and I regularly have to lift 20-50lbs. When I scheduled the bisalp, I asked my doctor about this specifically because I write my own schedule and he said it was totally fine, I could go back to work the next day. I reiterated my lifting needs, and he assured me I’d be fine. Today at discharge he told my mom and roommate I should be off for 2 days and no lifting for a week. I have a full schedule of dogs with nowhere to move them. Meanwhile, my discharge nurse was reading my notes and was super confused why I had no restrictions and was cleared for work and lifting right away and sex in a week. I’m not having sex so that’s whatever, but she was floored at how lax everything was, and wasn’t hiding her disdain for the doctor.
Anyway, she gave me a compression belt to provide me with some support and protection from the dogs, and I’m going to give it a go Wednesday but my boss is aware we may need to adjust. I work alone and am the only groomer at my work so having to reschedule everyone is super inconvenient. Has anyone else had the doctor tell them they had basically no recovery time?