u/No-Manager2584

Did anyone else get a hematoma (burst blood vessel) under any of their incisions? I have one on the top incision, under my ribcage. It’s about the size of a walnut, maybe slightly larger and pretty hard.

Not sure if anyone else had the same experience but up until today, day 6, I have been in a bad way. Finally stopped taking Tramadol, which I’ve decided I’ll never use again. My stomach muscles are finally behaving lol. Don’t feel like I’ll rip my stitches every time I stand up or sit down.

Curious what day post op you started feeling human again? Grateful to have that done and over with. No longer have that constant gnawing pain.

Hello, I recently posted here and also posted on the legal advice subreddit regarding my company’s HR response to my gallbladder removal.

I got a few helpful comments from the legal advice subreddit, but most of them were saying that I should have given them prior notice of my gallbladder needing to come out. I gave HR and my manager over 2 weeks notice. I just didn’t know the exact date they would remove it. Aren’t a lot of gallbladder removals urgent and without notice?

Also, a few people wrote on the legal advice sub that they were up and moving/shopping/driving with no pain 3 days post surgery, therefore it shouldn’t be difficult for me to work remotely 48 hours post surgery.

I am nowhere near that. Is that a normal healing timeline? My entire abdomen is still bloated and sitting up from lying down, or standing up is incredibly painful. Taking a deep breath is painful. Is this not a typical healing timeline? I am still on Tramadol for the next few days, which helps a little. Advil seems to work better.

Location: Houston, TX.

Yes, it’s as bad as it sounds. My doctor originally wrote on my paperwork I was cleared to work after 3 weeks. Work asked me to get that changed, doctor came back with a letter stating 2 weeks.

Then yesterday afternoon, approximately 24 hours since getting home from surgery, a higher up lady in HR called me and said that I would need to be able to return remotely tomorrow and that I would need to start driving the week after next. Never even asked if I was doing okay… not a word. She followed up with an email that was not kind. I am a relatively new employee, about 7 months now, and I don’t qualify for FMLA, but I didn’t expect they wouldn’t give me any time off at all. I even agreed to use PTO. It didn’t matter to them at all what my doctor had said. Mind you, since letting local HR and my manager know in writing last Thursday that this surgery was happening Monday, my manager never once said a word but she’s clearly been talking to HR closely since HR seems to know what duties need to be done.

This job is a corporate one. It’s a demanding one. I made sure to follow all proper procedures. I let HR and my manager know immediately that I was going to need the gallbladder out. I met with my surgeon last Thursday and after looking at my scans, requested that I get it removed asap, which was Monday of this week.

I let everyone know that it would need to be removed Monday on Thursday afternoon right after my appointment.

First, is this legal? Second, what on earth type of environment am I working in?? I was so ready to quit yesterday, I was on Tramadol and almost just let this lady have it. But I need to be able to pay my bills. I’m miserable and in a lot more pain post surgery than I expected.

I do believe this is happening because we have more work to do than people to do it, but I also worry that I will be replaced as soon as they can replace me if I don’t comply.

Yes, it’s as bad as it sounds. My doctor originally wrote on my paperwork I was cleared to work after 3 weeks. Work asked me to get that changed, doctor came back with a letter stating 2 weeks.

Then yesterday afternoon, approximately 24 hours since getting home from surgery, a higher up lady in HR called me and said that I would need to be able to return remotely tomorrow and that I would need to start driving the week after next. Never even asked if I was doing okay… not a word. She followed up with an email that was not kind. I am a relatively new employee, about 7 months now, and I don’t qualify for FMLA, but I didn’t expect they wouldn’t give me any time off at all. I even agreed to use PTO. It didn’t matter to them at all what my doctor had said.

This job is a corporate one. It’s a demanding one. I made sure to follow all proper procedures. I let HR and my manager know immediately that I was going to need the gallbladder out. I met with my surgeon last Thursday and after looking at my scans, requested that I get it removed asap, which was Monday of this week.

I let everyone know that it would need to be removed Monday on Thursday afternoon right after my appointment.

First, is this legal? Second, what on earth type of environment am I working in 😭 I was so ready to quit yesterday, I was on Tramadol and almost just let this lady have it. But I need to be able to pay my bills. I’m miserable and in a lot more pain post surgery than I expected.