I took a week. I could have gone back earlier, but my job makes me crabby so I purposely took an extra two days. And my job, like yours is a desk job. I will say you may need to mind when you are eating at your job though. The first day I went back I had my one and only bout of nausea from being too long between my breakfast and next meal. So bring snacks if you need to.

My doc said I could take 3-4 weeks off, but I went back to my desk job after two weeks. I had no pain, just some fatigue. Good luck!

I had surgery on a Tuesday and went back to teaching on Monday. I drove myself. It was uncomfortable to drive until about Wednesday but manageable. I was on my feet for the 2 hour class but that was all I had to do that day. But, I came home to 2 kids who needed to be driven to swim team. I was back to regular routine with kids, cooking, errands, etc by Wednesday. Maybe you can go back half time after 1 week and then full time after 2 weeks. I was worn out even after the first week.

I scheduled for 3 weeks off, but went back after 1 week. My surgeon said as long as I wasn't lifting anything or on pain meds, it was up to me. I did do shorter days (5-6 hrs instead of 8) the first week back because of the fatigue.

I was out for 2 weeks from my desk job. Physically I probably could have gone back earlier, but a friend who had the band said he went back earlier than his 2 weeks and wasn't really prepared for the food portion of things. He hadn't really got his head around the program. And then when he added the job, well he wasn't very successful. So he told me to take the full 2 weeks and make sure I knew exactly what the food requirements were going to be and how I was going to work that out at work. So I followed his advice and was very glad I did. There is a lot to learn and get comfortable with and I was very overwhelmed the first few weeks. Take the time you are alloted to get a good handle on what you need to do for your early success before going back to work.