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I would not have been able to do that especially if I was by myself.
Most of my pain after abdominal surgery is the pain in the left shoulder from the gas used to inflate your stomach. Mine is always almost unbearable for 3 weeks after any surgery.
But every one is different so no one here really has the answer for you, we can just share our own experience with you.

I had sleeve and had surgery on a Monday, flew home Thursday. Over 4 hour flight. No issues.

I'm pretty sure I could've done the trip, But I would recommend using a belly band/abdominal binder, just Incase of getting bounced around with turbulence or something.

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I am hoping someone can help me out. I am flying into San Diego from Toronto for Gastric Bypass surgery. I am being released from the hospital 2 days after surgery and I am trying to figure out how long I should stay in San Diego.
My Surgery is on the 4th of June I was thinking about leaving on the 9th but I have a four hour flight home. What is the recovery like and will it be possible for me to sit for four hours days after my surgery.

I would have been able to but I had very little pain or issues post op. Some people will say they couldn’t have because of pain or nausea, etc. i wonder if you can get something from the doctor to change your flight if you have any issues??

I was able to sit up and be pretty much normal by the 3rd day but as others have noted, everybody is different. The pain I felt throughout the week was mostly incision pains which would've been doable for a 4 hour flight. The long walks at the airport though is something I would hesitate to do but then again the next morning after my surgery when I went home I had to walk a long way to get to our car (huge hospital and parking lot), and I was okay.
Good luck and congrats to your upcoming surgery.