What about trying to schedule your surgery near a holiday like Thanksgiving, so that you can have more time off? I know that's not exactly how you would like to spend your holiday, but if you took off half the week before Thanksgiving, and the entire week of Thanksgiving, you might be able to pull off getting the most days possible.
...Or is there any way that your surgeon or PCP could write a letter to your boss that explains that you need more than a week?
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