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Exchange surgery & Work

slynch
slynch CSN Member Posts: 82
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
For any of you who have had the exchange surgery, how long did your doctor make you stay out of work? I will have mine on Wednesday (13th) and have heard that this is a piece of cake compared to the mastectomy. Just wondering how long to plan on being out.
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  • hoop77
    hoop77 CSN Member Posts: 84
    #2
    I went back to work after 2
    I went back to work after 2 weeks, could've gone sooner, but drains and the pain of driving kept me out. This surgery really is a piece of cake compared to the first one! You have immediate relief getting those hard expanders out. I had to have drains again which was the worst part. Best of luck to you in your journey!
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  • seof
    seof CSN Member Posts: 819 Member
    #3
    I had mastectomy and
    I had mastectomy and expanders at the same time and I was out of work 6 weeks. Not sure how long it would be with just expanders.

    seof.
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  • slynch
    slynch CSN Member Posts: 82
    #4
    seof said:

    I had mastectomy and
    I had mastectomy and expanders at the same time and I was out of work 6 weeks. Not sure how long it would be with just expanders.

    seof.

    Same Time
    I had the mastectomy and expanders at the same time. I was out of work then for about 5 weeks. I was hoping it would be less time with this.
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  • SamuraiMom
    SamuraiMom CSN Member Posts: 295
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    exchange
    Hi Slynch,

    I had my surgery on a Wednesday and went back to work (albeit sore) on that Monday.

    Really not too bad.

    xxoo,

    SamuraiMom
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