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I'm scheduled to have my sleeve done in November. I have an event 10 days later that requires an hour plane ride. Is that do able or am I asking for trouble?

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It sounds fine.

I went to Czech Republic from England for my sleeve and flew home 3 days post-op and the flight was 1hr 50 mins. I was tired but it was fine :)

Good luck! xx

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That is very doable. I had my surgery in Mexico and flew home to Florida two days later. I was on a plane for close to six hours. You will just want to make sure you wear comfy clothes and maybe a pillow for your tummy.

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Hi Candygirl;

I travel for work - a lot! Sleeved on 17th - flew to Chicago for work, 4 hour flight 9 days later for work. Pillow around tummy helped, grab a bottle of water/G2 gatorade that you can sip on during ride, loose clothes around waist. Check all bags except your purse because the airline I flew, the flight attendents were less than helpful to put things in the overhead.

Good luck!

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You should be fine! I travelled 3 days post op, 2 planes of 2.5 hours each, and then drove 3 hours immediatly after getting off the plane.

Same advice as the others, comfy clothes, Water, ect!

Good luck!

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Well, I called my surgeon and he said not to travel 6 weeks until after the surgery. Since I am paranoid/cautious to start off with, I'm going to heed his advice. I just pushed the surgery two weeks. While I want to have it done ASAP, I want to be safe. I figure in the big scheme of life, 2 week won't make a huge difference.

Thanks for everyone's advice, though!

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I'm scheduled to have my sleeve done in November. I have an event 10 days later that requires an hour plane ride. Is that do able or am I asking for trouble?

I hopped on a plane 7 days post-op and it wasn't bad at all. Just make sure wherever you're going that you can get/bring the types of food that you're allowed to have. I flew for a work meeting and had to sneak out of dinner (to go to the grocery store for yogurt), and out of lunch (around the corner to a Soup shop). As long as you can do that, you should be okay.

Everyone is different, so it'd be interesting to see if others feel if they were ready at 10 days out. Good luck!

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