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Hi Ashley,
I took about 5 weeks off work, but I probably could have gone back a little sooner. I am self-employed so I decided to take it really slow. I had it laporscopically. I did it after a long bout with a partial bowel obstruction so I was on a liquid diet for around a month and lost a lot of weight from that, not necessarily the surgery itself. The decision about maintenance meds after surgery has to do with the severity of your Crohn's and other risk factors. I am not on any meds because the Crohn's was only in my ileum and believed to be slow growing. I have been in remission for two years since surgery with no meds. I had a lot of D at first, but it got better with time. If you go under the search bar on this site, you can search for re-section surgery and read a bunch of old posts about peoples experiences with surgery. I didn't have much choice, but for whatever it's worth, I'm glad I had the surgery

First off, I was glad I had the resection. It took a while to normalize after surgery, weeks for me, No medications for over 2 years. Inflammation resurfaced currently trying Entivio Just had my 3rd dose, pain is down so far so good. Time off of work, well that's another story,
I was laid off at the time. Although I was able to walk and lift 50 lbs without problems at 5 weeks, at 12 weeks I went to Scout Camp with the Troop and walked , hiked swam with the boys, covered at least 65 miles closer to 75 miles in all probability.

The best advice I could give you is walk everyday, the more you move the easier it is. Your GI and surgeon will better answer questions of what you cannot eat, raw veggies for a while. Pizza and pepperoni are on my no go list. I can deal with just about anything else.(food wise) I am down 20 lbs since surgery. A very gradual weight loss.

T