Time off from work

The final frontier. Deciding when, if and how.
TANGERINE
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Re: Time off from work

Postby TANGERINE » Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:45 pm

My surgeon states that:

if you have a desk job that is not very stressful-----1 week
if you have a job that requires lots of standing or activity---2 weeks

I agree based on how my healing went, I was able to work at 7 days after surgery, but i went ahead and had two weeks arranged, and I am glad that I did. Getting back to work at two weeks worked out perfectly for me.
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Skier123
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Re: Time off from work

Postby Skier123 » Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:25 pm

+1

I took 2 weeks off from work - but I could have gone back to my desk job after one.
54 yr old single guy
Severe ED for over10 years; diagnosed with peyrones and venous leak
Implanted 12/23/19, Dr. Laurence Levine
Coloplast Titan w/ Genesis pump

544kenmatt
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Re: Time off from work

Postby 544kenmatt » Sun Mar 01, 2020 8:14 pm

I was bowling on my league after two weeks (wore a tight jock!)
AMS 700 LGX 10/31/2019. age 63

Roadster54
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Re: Time off from work

Postby Roadster54 » Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:27 am

I normally have a very high pain tolerance, but this one wasn't simple for me. I took 3 weeks off of work and then took an extra week. Primarily a desk job, but a lot of up and down and meeting with customers. It was 3 weeks before I could wear pants comfortably (and even then not really comfortable). I'm reading about people recovering after 11 to 15 days and there was NO way I could have returned to work that quickly.
Coloplast Titan - Prostate Cancer RP Oct 2013 followed by RT. Implant surgery 2/21/2020 by Dr. Galich Tulsa, OK - 66 Years Old

oldbeek
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Re: Time off from work

Postby oldbeek » Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:55 pm

I had peyronies and my Doc had me pumped straight out 80-90% pumped for FOUR weeks. I was going no where. Pain was bad. Real bad. I live out in the country so I would walk on a desert trail with my dick sticking straight out. Loose shirt to hide it IF someone came along. Shirt flapping and hitting it would feel like being hit with a hammer. 99% of docs don't do it this way but he says this is how he guarantees a straight dick using an LGX to straighten peyronies. Very happy with it now.
82, good health, RP 7-2017, all nerves taken , PSA 0.05, 4-18,, .07 1/19,.05 4/19, .03 11-21, .04 11-23, implanted 4-1-18, Infra-pubic, AMS lgx 15 cm with 5cm rte. Implant at USC Keck. Dr Boyd and Dr Loh Doyle 6.5 x 5, 800 AUS 7-21-20

longdayze

Re: Time off from work

Postby longdayze » Thu Mar 19, 2020 5:48 pm

I took 2 weeks off, and used this time to heal. If you have a desk job I think 2 weeks off is a safe bet as I returned and worked a trade show for 8 hours the following Monday.

Greg1956
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Re: Time off from work

Postby Greg1956 » Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:52 pm

Without knowing what each person does for their job, it is difficult to apply the answers to your own situation. I had retired by the time I got my implant, but if I had still been doing what I had done for years, I would have needed a month at home to be able to do all of my duties. Part of my job was in a corporate office. I was left partially inflated the first month and it would have been difficult to dress appropriately and conceal my dick. Another aspect of my job meant a lot of going up and down stairs and carrying and lifting things I needed to do my office work. I was told not to lift over 5 pounds early on and ten after a couple weeks. That would have left me unable to do my job. As far as feeling ready to work, for me is was after a week or ten days.
I am 64 and had ED from a VL. Implanted by Dr. Ronald Anglade in Atlanta on 9/18/17. I have an AMS700LGX 21 cm via a Penoscrotal incision. Very happy with results. 6" soft and 6 3/4” x 5 5/8” hard.

barrybj_98
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Re: Time off from work

Postby barrybj_98 » Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:20 pm

How long did you have to ice? Days, weeks?

CPM1994
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Re: Time off from work

Postby CPM1994 » Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:23 am

barrybj_98 wrote:How long did you have to ice? Days, weeks?


I needed ice for the first week. Now on week two, I ice as needed - much less frequently.


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