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How Long After Surgery Could You Drive?

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idahoanmom    6

idahoanmom
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I am scheduled for the 5th and have three kiddos. Middle schoolers and a K. How long did you have to wait before driving was safe? Trying to plan ahead....

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Ric    89

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I drove home right from the Hospital!

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idahoanmom    6

idahoanmom
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You are kidding right?

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yellowrose88    43

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I had my surgery on a Friday and drove to work on Tuesday.

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NWgirl    574

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I was required to have someone drive me home from my outpatient surgery. I could drive the next day. I guess it really depends on how much pain meds you take.

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idahoanmom    6

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Ok so I have my surgery this Thursday (yay) and Monday the kids have track and 4h etc....so I should be fine by then! Just want to be safe! Thanks!

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Helmut    9

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Yup you should be good to go by then. I waited 3 days just to be SAFE to those around me and myself

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idahoanmom    6

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Perfect!!! Hubby is out of town on post op day 4. But I have a 13 yo boy for heavy lifting, an 11 year old girl for other things and a 5 year old girl, probably for emotional support (hugs :) ) None can drive though!!! Lol. Thank you! I am way less stressed about recovery now!

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amandacoop    6

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My hubby had to stay home with the kids and my surgery as in a town 3 hours away. I drove there alone, stayed the night at my hotel. Walked 20 blocks to the surgery center by 6 am, had surgery at seven, had an old friend I hadn't seen in 17 years pick me up at 4 pm and drive me to my hotel, stayed the night. Stopped pain meds at 10 pm, drove myself to my barium swallow test and back to the hotel to sleep for 4 more hours then drove myself 3 hours home, picked up three kids from daycare (ages 7,4,&2), went home made dinner and did dishes before finally getting to take my pain meds again at 6pm day 2. My point is, you can do anything you set your mind to. I am three weeks out and feeling really good. On solid foods and ready to get my groove on with exercise. First fill is4/21 and I have to drive 3 hours to get there. So we have to get the fill right so I don't have to drive back the next day.

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idahoanmom    6

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Wow! That is great!

It amazes me how different everyone and their doctors requirements are. For example I had to lose 12 pounds preop...that was my preop diet...post op I am on liquids for 3 wks, mushies for 3 weeks then week 6 I can start solids...no fill til week 6. Dr wants scar tissue to heal.

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B-52    7,113

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As soon as the pain killers ran out!!

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JustDoIt130    369

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LOL B-52, me too.

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manybeards    6

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Driving was not an issue. I did'nt take any narcotics after the second post op day. I drive a Chevy Z-71 Pickup though and getting in and out was abit of a problem. I drilled a small hole in the end of a plastic step stool and attached a lenght of parachute cord. Once I get in the truck,I just pull the stool in with the cord. Made my life alot easier.......

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Ric    89

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Yep I had surgery on Thursday and left around noon on friday and drove myself home.

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andrea0121    28

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I would have been a hot mess if I had to drive myself home the next day, lol. I was still on pain meds and I'm pretty sure I would have gotten a OWI had I been pulled over!!

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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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