Early Post-op Travel

[cuteascanbelizzie 10]

Hey! I am one week post op and doing well as can be expected. No issues or pain really. The dent where my stomach was feels a little heavy and sometimes gives a dull pain. I do greatly miss eating. I will be a foodie for life so not being able to have anything at Thanksgiving was hard. The sleeve makes it easy though since I am struggling to drink 4 oz of liquid in an hour. The pain of fullness and gas are the results of overdoing so I am learning my limits early.

Thursday we got a call saying my mother's youngest brother was taken to the hospital from the nursing home he was in with seizures. Turns out he had a massive stroke and died yesterday. I am concerned about traveling so early from my surgery. The trip to the funeral is 3 hours and my doc said an hour travel is about all he wants me to have right now. Any thoughts on this? I will call my doc tomorrow but I just wanted some “expert” advice.

[Happy Camper 266]

Cuteascanbelizzie,

My surgery was November 1 and I live just over 3 hours from the hospital. I was released on Thursday which was two days post op and we traveled home on Saturday. You would want to take it slow and stop and walk (walking so important), sip, sip while traveling.

This is just my personal experience, best to double check with your doctor. If you do return in same day you might be exhausted so staying overnight may be helpful if you can.

Good luck on your journey and sorry for your loss.

Sandy

[cuteascanbelizzie 10]

Thank you Sandy! I made it safely and my ride had to make a stop so I was able to walk. Thanks again!