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I’m planning on having the lapiplasty (3D) correction surgery done at the end of September on my left foot. I work from home - how many days should I take off of work? I’m also trying to figure out how many days I will need help in my house with basic activities (showering, cooking, cleaning, driving to doctor’s appointments, etc.) Besides a knee scooter and crutches, or other aids helpful? TIA
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I used a walker in front of the toilet to help pull myself up . A friend that had the surgery told me about that an it was a huge help . I took 3 weeks off because I stand all day for work. If I had it to do all over again I would have taken longer off
I had minimal invasive surgery and I took 3 days off. The first 3 days were really hard. But my surgery was Friday, then I took Monday to Wednesday off. I work from home as well. A knee scooter helped me the first week a lot! Make sure you ice it a lot and keep it up. When I went back to work, I would take a 10 minute break every hour or two to ice it and elevate.
Surgery pillow to elevate as much as possible
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