how soon can you drive after surgery?

[bethk12@gmail.com 0]

Hi All,

Just need a sense of when I can take my kids to school again..THANKS

[DollyGirl 0]

Hi there,

I went for my 15 day, staple removing appt this morning and my Dr. released me to drive today. I was told the reason for not being allowed to drive is because if you were to be in an accident and your airbag deploys it will hit you right at your surgery site and create some serious damage.

Hope this helps!

[bethk12@gmail.com 0]

Okay, thanks for replying.

Hi there,

I went for my 15 day, staple removing appt this morning and my Dr. released me to drive today. I was told the reason for not being allowed to drive is because if you were to be in an accident and your airbag deploys it will hit you right at your surgery site and create some serious damage.

Hope this helps!

[twoboysandagirl 109]

As soon as I was off pain meds I could drive. I stopped taking pain meds on day 4. You may not feel up to it until a week or two out but dr. said I could when I felt up to it. He reminded me it was against the law to drive on pain meds. Hope that helps!

[Thomas CPA 496]

Next day if I wanted according to doctor. I went in for surgery on Thursday, released on Sunday, drove on Monday. Did not have a problem driving. I have a van so I didn't have to bend into a small car, don't know if that would make a difference.

[NikiS 31]

I was off my pain meds around day 4 or 5 but I din't drive until day 10 post-op. It really wasn't that bad. But still...be careful!

All the best,

Niki

[DebSee 1]

I was given a blanket period of three weeks - so I've been driving since last Sunday.

[marymoon 18]

I had my surgery on a Friday and was driving the following Wednesday, no problem.

[mythreechildren2001 7]

I was cleared for driving as soon as I was off pain meds. My surgery was on a Tuesday. My last dose of pain meds was on the following Friday. I drove on Saturday. I also drove myself - by myself for my 1 week followup appt which was a 3 hour round trip with no problems. Good luck!!

[Hispanic Baldy 2]

my surgeon had me on a 1 week driving restriction...!!!

[itscometothis 12]

Surgery on Saturday... drove home 8 hours on Tuesday... Only three days and I was fine to drive

[hirskobrn 0]

I was released on Wed and was driving on Friday. Only restriction was pain meds but hadn't taken them since the day of surgery. I was still pretty tired the day I was released and the day after. You need to make sure you are alert enough to carefully drive. Good luck to you!

[FlyGirl 18]

As soon as I was off pain meds I was ok to drive... but let me tell ya'.. every little bump in the road hurt bad! But then again, I have a very LOW pain tolerance. I stayed on my pain meds for at least a week...

[PeteO 3]

I was allowed to drive as soon as I was off my pain meds. I took my last dose of pain meds the day after my surgery. However, I didn't drive until my one week follow-up appt.

[Janese58 11]

My surgery was on Tuesday and I drove on Sunday. I would have driven sooner but I was in Mexico for my surgery and didnt get home until Saturday.