Surgery Question

[Kai-shek 230]

I have to travel for 6 hours to the hospital and the surgery is planned for a Thursday, with an overnight stay in hospital do you think I will be ok to travel home on the Friday?

[Jim1967 3,569]

I would think you would be OK. I definitely recommend a pillow for your stomach during the ride.

[Kai-shek 230]

I would think you would be OK. I definitely recommend a pillow for your stomach during the ride.

Thanks Jim, I will take the pillow along. It will be good for me to cry into if I am sore LOL

[Jim1967 3,569]

You'll do fine. This was by far the easiest surgery I ever had and I have certainly had my share. I was up walking the halls with a Nurse two hours after coming out of Surgery.

[♕ajtexas♕ 3,771]

And be sure to take some pain meds before the trip. Don't wait for the pain to start cause being in pain in a car sucks! Plus stop frequently to walk for a few minutes to help with the gas from surgery.

I would also check with your doctor and see if they see any problems with it.

Good luck on your upcoming surgery.

[2muchfun 8,927]

Are you driving and alone? I wouldn't recommend you driving yourself 6 hours one way? Maybe 1 hour or less? If someone else is driving I'd say OK but have lots of Water and fluids on board.

[cheryl2586 3,053]

I also would hope you would have someone with you. I dont think I could have drove 6 hours at one day post op. It would have taken me 18 hours to get home. lol but do stop and get out and walk a lot to prevent blood clots. That is important.

[m1aman 944]

but do stop and get out and walk a lot to prevent blood clots. That is important.

Yep, my doc told me to stop every half hour and walk for about 10 minutes.

[dandaman4 7]

So Jim.... How was the pain? I've had a few other surgeries too (back and abdominal) so I'm used to pain but kind of need to be prepared for it.

[Jim1967 3,569]

Honestly the worse part for me was the gas cramps and I think I made the gas cramps even worse by stupidly drinking a lot of apple juice once I was allowed to have liquids. Typical achy left shoulder due to the gas but other than that it was not bad. I had surgery on a Monday and I easily could have gone back to work on Wednesday (I do have an office job where I sit all day)

[Kai-shek 230]

Thanks for all the support and info, especially Jim who has been a wealth of information, I really do appreciate your posts. I had telephonic contact with my surgeon today and can't wait for the 21st March.