38 Year Old with 3 Kids Breast Implant Explantation and Lift - Winnipeg, MB

What state nursing do you live in? That seems illegal to me.

I live in Illinois...

Have you researched if that's legal? And as far as how much time you need to recuperate depends on a number of factors like whether you will have drains put in, if there is capsule removal, if you will have general anesthesia, your age and fitness level also have an impact. Do you have a physically demanding job or is it more sedentary?

I agree with Happy, it really depends on how complex your explant ends up being. Mind was straight forward. No drains, no major contractures to take out, but had a lift and was under general. I was in pretty good shape prior to surgery. I stopped my pain meds after 3 days. And actually after day two I was just on extra strength Tylenol. The recover time is really more needed so you don't pull the stitches and risking infection and of course unpleasant cosmetic results due to too much tension on the stitches. Sorry to hear about your work not providing the time off for cosmetic surgery. I live in Canada and here work will also not provide time off for elective surgery. However if you speak to your PS or GP and ask that they leave out the reason as to why you need a medical leave some doctors will do that for this type of "cosmetic" surgery. Most work places can't demand to know what the medical reason is only that a doctor deems you unfit to work. Details as to why is not really their business. Good luck

Excellent suggestion LilyQ regarding leaving the reason out. I had my GP do that for the blood work that was needed for clearance so that the insurance would cover it. The panel of bloodwork was over $1,100 and insurance would not have covered that if the GP had written down breast explant, so we went with peri-menopausal woman having issues....LOL!

I actually work in surgery (I'm a nurse anesthetist). My job is not "physically demanding" all the time but I do push patients from surgery to the recovery room and move them from the gurney to the OR table. As far as researching legality... I've found that it seems to be legal not to pay sick leave for cosmetics.

Hi Nursing75, Yeah, generally speaking elective surgery would not be covered. May I suggest you be open with you GP and say something like you don't view this as cosmetic, so much as extremely important to you on a mental and emotional level? Getting these poisonous sacks out of us is for our health, and can be argued as such. All your GP has to say is "due to medical reasons you will need 2-3 weeks off" if after the 2 week mark you don't feel your stitches are healed enough and you are not ready to go back full force, then let your GP know. Share with him/her you want to and are eager to go back to work but can't go back 100%, your GP can write you a medical note saying you can return to work on modified duties. That is, not require you to push stretchers back, but you can do all other duties etc... Most reasonable physicians will be open to doing this as explanting is for long term health benefits. After two weeks under normal circumstances and if you don't have complications you should be ok to do light duties. Just caution with over reaching or stretching. Take care. I wish I could be of more help. LilyQ