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skintyprincess    12

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Has anyone had to travel 2 weeks after having surgery? Many weeks Im on the road and I am gong to take 2 weeks off but will back on the road after that. Has anyone done it? Any advice? Should I take additional time off? UGH! Looking forward to being banded but not looking forward to being on the road so soon!!

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Hippygirl    8

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Hi..I would like to know the answer to this too. I will let you know if I find out anything.

Has anyone had to travel 2 weeks after having surgery? Many weeks Im on the road and I am gong to take 2 weeks off but will back on the road after that. Has anyone done it? Any advice? Should I take additional time off? UGH! Looking forward to being banded but not looking forward to being on the road so soon!!

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katwomantexas    2

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I travel a lot with my band and have had no issues.smile.gif When I am on the road I always try to order Soups,chili, and other foods like that. Since you are newly banded you probaly wont be getting stuck but most likely are on mushy stage. Those kinds of foods are easy to find. I do always take my Protein shakes with me and use the hotel fridge to cool them. I am 4 months out but still use Protein Shakes because of the amount of cardio I do.

Any questions just ask.

Kat

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skintyprincess    12

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Thank you so much for replying KatwomanTexas!! I am adding you as a friend because I think I may have more questions. :) I plan on taking my Protein with me. Just wondered about lifting luggage and laptop at 2 weeks?

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Hippygirl    8

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Thanks Kat. I appreciate the info! Us Texans rock..lol

I travel a lot with my band and have had no issues.smile.gif When I am on the road I always try to order Soups, chili, and other foods like that. Since you are newly banded you probaly wont be getting stuck but most likely are on mushy stage. Those kinds of foods are easy to find. I do always take my Protein shakes with me and use the hotel fridge to cool them. I am 4 months out but still use Protein Shakes because of the amount of cardio I do.

Any questions just ask.

Kat

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IamKim    1

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I also travel frequently for work. I was supposed to go on a trip 2 weeks after surgery and am glad I asked my dr first. I was told not to fly because apparently it puts you at risk for blood clots. You might want to check into it.

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NJGirl32    43

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That's a good point about the blood clots. I would probably not travel 2 weeks post surgery especially if you have suitcases and a laptop to lug around. I was still sore 2 weeks post surgery. I was told not to lift anything heavy I think for 6 weeks.

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DawnMavity    0

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I also travel frequently for work and am in a hotel now. I was banded 3 weeks ago.

I have had no issues, but I have had the bell boys move all of my luggage, as my doctor told me no lifting in excess of 10 pounds for 4 weeks post-op. I also am still on liquids and have had a great experience at the restaurants when asking for chicken broth (I am still restricted to Protein drinks, chicken broth, and herbal tea). Other than that I just brought my Protein Drinks with me.

If you do travel, be sure to get up and move around every hour or so to help keep the blood moving.

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katwomantexas    2

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I had no trouble with lifting after surgery. You will be fine 2 weeks out unless you are lifting some really heavy stuff I dont see an issue.

Kat

Thank you so much for replying KatwomanTexas!! I am adding you as a friend because I think I may have more questions. :) I plan on taking my Protein with me. Just wondered about lifting luggage and laptop at 2 weeks?

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skintyprincess    12

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Thank you Ladies!! I am so excited to see others that travel for a living and are banded. Let's keep in touch. I look forward to hearing how you are doing with the band on the road! I know I will bring or buy my Protein Shakes and ask for broth. I just can't wait to be banded! Counting down! :)

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thatchick_j    7

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Skintyprincess,

I was banded 9/19. Just now feeling anything close to work. Although I did fly 12 hours after band.

Just my .02

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skintyprincess    12

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Thatchick...you flew 12 hours after being banded? How was it? Did it tighten up on you? How did you feel?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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