RE: Vacation After Banding

[dfox3325 0]

I am to be banded around the end of July.

I have a weeks vacation at OBX scheduled the 3rd week of August.

Am I going to feel well enough to swim, walk, drive, ride bikes, etc. or should I schedule surgury after I come back?

I can't change the vacation dates but I can schedule the surgery accordingly.

:confused2:

[HeatherO 7]

It would not have been a problem for me. I think the doctor says be careful for the first 10 days or so as far as getting the incision site wet. I certainly would have felt up to vacation three weeks later but you may still be on soft foods.

[globetrotter 0]

I took my kids to disney less than 2 weeks after banding. no problem.

[cmcallister2 0]

I went on vacation just three days after banding. I didn't do a lot of physical activity though as it was for my mom's funeral. At three or four weeks I would think you would be alright. I had infection issues that kept me from healing for awhile but would have been fine otherwise. The hardest part was the liquid and then soft foods while traveling. Good luck

[dfox3325 0]

Thanks for your input!!

I really want this done ASAP and knowing that I won't feel crappy during vacation helps.

We have 12 people staying at our beach house and I guess I will be cooking but just not eating.

Has anyone had any thoughts of using a small food processor with normal foods, like several months after being banded? :confused2:

[MacMadame 81]

You may not be able to go swimming though. It depends on how healed your incisions are.