Return to work

My husband had open RP which takes a little longer to recover from. He had a company car and the insurers would not cover him until 12 weeks post-op so although he did some emails/ phone calls from 10 weeks onwards, he didn't actually go to work until week 12.

You will need to check with your car insurer but they often say that they will cover you as long as the surgeon has confirmed you are safe to drive. Some insurers rely on the patient leaflet issued by the hospital - and commonly, the leaflet says you can drive as soon as you feel you can do an emergency stop safely.

For keyhole RP rather than open, a return to work at 6-10 weeks post op is common.

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Many thanks Lyn 

I've read several of your posts you are well informed on these subjects and give useful responses.

This Thursday is 5 weeks post op, my catheter is still in situ, internally I've not yet healed yet and there was the sepsis.

At present am due back in work after 6 wks on Friday 13th ... So with out being superstitious may as for an extra week or two!

Again, many thanks for your reply.

Take care

In a similar role, oversee/manage a team preventing homlessnes, ie helping folk maintain tenancies. So yes agree that it's not the most straight forward of jobs!  I just done post about work (maybe something in there of help);but am in a different situation than yourself with the PC.

I found 8 months being off work, made a difficult return due to changes in the workplace and  relationships with the team, it was like starting a new job! However for the good of my health, 8 months off worked well so I'm glad I did.

Diving is a thought.. my better half has banned me from the car but I'm perfectly able to drive. Someone bumped in to the back of me but was my fault according to the better half! Joking apart she is just being apprehensive in case I do cause an accident and we loose the car as a result of being on meds so better safe than sorry. Also has its positives though as able to have a couple of beers if we for example  go out to eat 😁Anyway I've been fixing my motorbike for awhile and nearly done so be on that soon enough. My take on driving is that medication warns if drowsy etc avoid driving, which I would do anyway. So my answer to that if your not told to stop driving by the doc/DVLA  just be mindful of effects of medication.

Well hope to have helped in some way 👍

Thanks for reply Donchadh, I was back in hospita today for 5 hrs, catheter flush, bloods, DRE back home with more antibiotics!!

I think I will ask for a couple of more weeks more before returning to work.

Best regards