Return to work expectations
| Return to work expectations | Supporting quote |
| Following day after surgery | “Yes I’ll have to [work from home immediately], I’m self-employed. I’ve got people who work for me but most of the money comes from me doing, me doing stuff so I have no choice.” (P3) |
| Few days | I did tell work that I was going for surgery. And I told them, “Oh I just need like … three, four days to recover because it’s the weekend and then I’ll be back at work on Monday.” (P17) |
| 6 weeks–3 months | “I think realistically I’ll be back to work in six weeks to three months” (P2) |
| 2 years | “in my head I am just kind of going well I am going to be out for 2 years, I am not going to be able to work … I am just going to the worst possible scenario” (P7) |
| 80% better | “I’ll just wait until it’s better, if it works then about 80% alright, then I’ll try it, but there’s no point in rushing it, is there, in case you damage it even more” (P13) |