I now have my date scheduled with Dr Aceves- April 20th, woooo!

But my husband and I are having a bit of a debate. I live near Tucson, AZ - and AAA maps tells me that I can drive from here to Mexicali in 4.5hours. If we decide to fly instead, it's a 60 minute commute to Tucson airport, then around 5 hours to get from Tucson to San Diego (since there always seems to be a layover in LA or PHX or whatever), then another 2 hour drive from San Diego to Mexicali. Same for the way back. So I'm seriously considering just driving.

The question is for you post op people - how well did you handle driving at 5 days post op? If needed, we could hang out in Mexicali another day after hospital release (go back to the hotel!). That being said, I would be the driver for the entire distance - my companion doesn't have a driver's license...why is it so many people that live in big cities don't have driver's licenses?!? lol

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Asche, The Crazy Cat Lady.

I now have my date scheduled with Dr Aceves- April 20th, woooo!

But my husband and I are having a bit of a debate. I live near Tucson, AZ - and AAA maps tells me that I can drive from here to Mexicali in 4.5hours. If we decide to fly instead, it's a 60 minute commute to Tucson airport, then around 5 hours to get from Tucson to San Diego (since there always seems to be a layover in LA or PHX or whatever), then another 2 hour drive from San Diego to Mexicali. Same for the way back. So I'm seriously considering just driving.

The question is for you post op people - how well did you handle driving at 5 days post op? If needed, we could hang out in Mexicali another day after hospital release (go back to the hotel!). That being said, I would be the driver for the entire distance - my companion doesn't have a driver's license...why is it so many people that live in big cities don't have driver's licenses?!? lol

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Asche, The Crazy Cat Lady.

My experience was I was able to drive 20 minutes to the store 3 dpo but I was really really tired. My reaction time was really slow and what saved me is that I was on a country road rather than up in DC where I live. It's now 5 dpo and I can drive longer distances but it really tires me. I'm still on medication for pain but only take it 2x a day.

I think you could, but it would be very risky.

Is it possible for him to get his license before your surgery date? Even a permit would allow him to drive as long as a licensed driver was in the car with him.

Not possible - he's a Canadian foreign national, they have a rather convoluted permit process,and their permits aren't valid for use for driving in the US - we had discussed it in-depth at one point.

He's not a resident of the US, he just visits from Canada ocasionally, so that makes the rules complex. I called my car insurance for giggles - they wouldn't cover him to drive my car (with a permit or an actual license, either way) and I would be liable if anything interesting happened.

So I guess that means the only option is to fly. Depressing.

Aw man that sux

well the bottom line is : you're getting sleeved!!! At least thats the bright side right?