BreezyVSG

On 8/4/2020 at 8:58 AM, Luv2cruz said:

OK, so I’m just going to put it out there. There is absolutely no way you will be able to work, not even remotely, on the day of your surgery. It will take you the rest of the day just to come out of the anesthesia. You will be sleeping a lot. You will also have to get up and walk constantly to prevent blood clots.

As far as the flying, you should not have any problems. I had my surgery at Blossom in Las Vegas on a Thursday and I flew home first thing Saturday morning. I did not have any issues with the difference in air pressure and I flew all the way across the country back to North Carolina at 36,000 ft.

The above post is absolutely correct in that you will not be able to lift your bags. I was told not to lift anything over 5 pounds for the first two weeks.

You really need to have someone there with you, so I hope you do have someone. The nurse at Blossom advised me on surgery day to have my husband “pound” on my back every hour to help with the gas. I was surprised, but it really did help a lot!

It ended up being very interesting, the day of surgery I was back home about 2.5-3 hours after surgery. I took an hour nap, then woke up and checked emails. I didn't have any meetings that day which was good. However the day after surgery I had 4-5 video conference calls, all of which I attended. I ended up finding out that day that my boss was taking a leave of absence and I'd be taking her place while she was gone. This meant a whole shift in the work i did and a lot more urgency than my usual role. I ended up working all day Thursday, and all day Friday (had my surgery on weds). Then I drove home Saturday morning. Was it comfortable - no, would I have rather layed in bed - yes, was it super difficult or near impossible - no.

On 8/3/2020 at 10:18 PM, Pckeys said:

I think you should be talking to your surgeon about this, I'd be amazed if this was permitted, especially with all the gas in your abdomen.

I ended up asking my surgeon the day of, and he "okayed" it. That being said I ended up not feeling up to flying and decided to stay an extra day or two and then drive back (it's only a 4 hour drive).

On 8/4/2020 at 6:04 AM, New&Improved said:

Are you not staying in the hospital??

I did not stay in the hospital, in fact I didn't even have my surgery in a hospital. I had my surgery on 8/5 and it was in a medical office that had a surgery room/suite attached to it.

The day of I was in pre-op for about 20 minutes, then I was in surgery for about 1 hour, and then I was in post op for about 1 hour. So 2.5 hours after my scheduled surgery I was in my car and on my way home. It worked out fine for me.

Hi All - This is my first post here. I'm scheduled for surgery on Weds. I recently relocated for work and so my surgery is in Atlanta where I used to live, even though I now live in Nashville. My plan was to have the surgery in the morning, work from home all day on surgery day, then the very next day (after surgery) to work from home all day, and then fly home back to nashville that night.

So basically to get on a plane (it's only a 1 hour flight) about ~30-35 hours post surgery.

How feasible is this? Will I be in too much pain or be too comfortbale? Will the airpressure cause issues?

Any advice or thoughts appreciated.