I dont have anyone who can pick me up after surgery, so I am considering taking a taxi home. That is...if the hospital will let me.

My plan is to drive myself in the morning, take a taxi home and then pick my car up when I can get a ride. I am sure the cost will be high as it is about 45minutes through the DFW metroplex to get home, but I dont have much of a choice.

Has anyone else done this, or considered it? Did they let you?

I took a taxi from the hospital. They wheeled me to the front door and left, so it wasn't a problem for me. That's not the hospital's policy, but I didn't have any other choice. I didn't have a ride either.

Well, will you have someone at home to be with you overnight? My doctor made sure that not only would I have a ride home, but that I would have a responsible adult staying with me at home in case something went wrong. I am not sure if the hospital or your doctor will allow you to leave alone like that.

My hospital said absolutely no taking a taxi home. They insist on a responsible adult to take you home. Don't you have anyone at all? You should be OK enough to take one but it is not cool to put that responsibility on the cab driver just in case you are not feeling OK. I wanted to take on due to child care issues but instad changed the time of my surgery and had my husband pick me up.

I have taken a taxi home after my surgery and it was never a problem.

See no one knows about my surgeries so after all of my surgeries when I was released I would walk to the bus station or take a taxi to the bus station, take a bus to my city and then take another taxi home.

I also live alone and that was never a problem either.

i stayed overnight an took a free cab home. courtesy of the hospital.it was not a problem for me.did not need help when i got home like i thought i did everything went ok.