Hello! Newbie on board! I have my surgery scheduled for May 2006, and with luck will be back at work in 5 days to my job which is mostly at my desk. However, I am required to travel at times.How long after surgery was anyone able to travel comfortably? How do you handle the eating restrictions during the first months while traveling? :help:

Any tips will be greatly appreciated.

Also, how does one insert the cute weight tickers at the bottom of the posts?

I traveled about 1 month following my surgery and had no problems whatsoever. Just remember to follow the rules provided by your surgeon about food intake and you should be fine. I'm now almost 6 months out and have traveled 3 times, all with no problems.

If you go to either www.tickerfactory.com or www.tickercentral.com you'll be able to create your ticker and paste it into your signature. Just remember to copy and paste the code provided for bbCode, not html.

i was back to work within a week feeling great. after 3 weeks i was at about 100%, i would have had no problems getting on a plane or traveling long distances.

welcome, and good luck on your journey! lots of good info here!

What about traveling in a vehicle daily? I average about 600 driven miles a week. I hope to have surgery within the next couple of months and plan on taking off a week after surgery. Not going to tell anyone at work about the surgery but that also means I am going to have to hop back into the job as soon as I return to work. What do you guys think??

PJ

I was driving about 3 days after my surgery and had no problems. Granted, I don't drive 600 miles/week but I don't think it will be an issue.

I asked my surgeon about travel during my consultation since I often have to go to Chicago or Tampa for work. He said I would be cleared for travel 2 weeks after surgery.

Thanks to all of you for your info! You have all given me a TON of comfort.

9 weeks post-op I was riding roller coasters and taking in 4 theme parks in 4 days with no problem. I managed to do all 4 Disney theme parks in Orlando 9 weeks out and had more energy then I thought possible. I was able to eat just about anything I wanted and it was just before my first fill so I had little restriction but I still managed to lose 4 pounds on that trip. ~Mandy