Getting back to work after ablation

[Foxey2]

Morning all, I know this has probably been asked a million times but how long should I be looking at to realistically getting back to work. I have my ablation on Friday and then working from home next week and the following week I am on holiday, so 2 weeks and then I’m due back full time, long days and a bit stressful. At the moment my company have been letting me work 2 days a week from home, should I be continuing this for a bit longer after the ablation? It worries me as reading other peoples experiences it seems that they are still struggling for weeks afterwards with tiredness etc and I want to give myself the best chance of recovery

Thanks

[BobD Volunteer]

Try reading this:- heartrhythmalliance.org/res.... You are supposd to do nothing the first week and not much more the second and then ease back slowly so please don't rush and wast all the EP's hard work.

[Foxey2 in reply to BobD]

Thankyou I’m going to print this off and send it to my Manager and HR so that they know what to expect and hopefully they won’t rush me back to work 🙂

[Griffin9]

Hi Foxey

The doctors at the hospital signed me off work for one week and said I wouldn't need any more than that. I was fortunate that I work from home, so signing back in to work wasn't so tiring. I told my boss I would do a phased return and cut down my hours for the next week.

It's been 4 months since my ablation and I haven't had any complications. I get the odd episode of ectopic beats on days when I've pushed myself, but fingers crossed, my life is pretty much back to normal.