So my surgery date will be sometime in January. I notified the surgeons office and my orthodontist that that is my target time to get surgery and they agreed it will work. I'll be orthodontically ready sooner than that but I have weddings, thanksgiving and Christmas to fly home for so I decided its best just to do it in January.
My surgeon recommends I take off 5 weeks from work. Since that is such a large amount of time I feel I should tell my boss soon. I've saved up some vacation time but I may need to take some of the time off unpaid. I know every company is different, but maybe I could get short-team medical leave?
For those of you who've had or are soon planning to have surgery:
1) how did you tell your boss? Did you get any weird responses or judgements?
2) did you use vacation time or sick leave?
Thanks!