Travel After Sleeve

[MissAKY 32]

Hey Sleevers,

I am having my surgery on Monday, Oct. 12. I have to be on a flight to DC on Tuesday, Oct. 27. What are your thoughts on flying 2 weeks post op?

[slvarltx 332]

I had no issues. Pack your shaker and Protein powders. Buy a Water after u get through security

[jacks89 51]

You should be okay, I had surgery on Sept. 21st in TX and flew back home to NY Sept. 26th. The 3hr flight really hurt my bum because I sat a certain way so it wouldn't hurt so much but that's about it. I'd recommend bringing a pillow for your bum and if you can bring your ice pack with you definitely do that! It'll help with the pain. TSA asked me about it but I just kindly told them I had surgery recently and before they could say anymore, I pulled up my shirt a bit to show my incisions and they let it pass on the flight as a medical necessity hehe. Try bringing your ice pack as frozen as you can, frozen as a rock if possible! I'd also maybe try and bring a pillow to push against your tummy so it doesn't hurt so much, it definitely helps! My flight said they didn't sell pillows, I wasn't aware they didn't offer pillows anymore so I was in a bit of pain lol as for the Protein Shakes, I packed it all up in my checked bag. All I had was Water on the flight and watched a movie to keep entertained and distracted. Good luck!!

[del112 62]

Bring your nausea medication along!!

[jhclikesshopping@gmail.com 285]

The thing to watch out for with flight so quickly after surgery is blood clots. Make sure you talk to your doctor he may want you to wear compression socks.

[Ilovecats1985 100]

My surgeon told me no travel outside of our area for 6 weeks.

[Trinn 139]

I totally did it -- traveled 3 weeks after surgery, across country. In my carryon, I packed an empty shaker bottle and packets of Syntrax nectar to mix in to Water I got from the flight attendant. :-) I took an anti-nausea pill about 45 minutes before boarding, to make me a little sleepy and ensure I wouldn't get queasy. You need to make sure your doctor is okay with it, but I was pretty firm about it, I was going for the Jewish high holy days, and it wasn't optional. :-)