I am scheduled for July and I am just not going to get in a plane... I have a fear of flying, I think most of the fear is because of the horror stories told by an overweight friend but I have never flown either so we decided to drive.. I'm just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on my 14+ hour trip back home after surgery... It's a long ride for someone who just had major surgery, has anyone else had a long trip back home or am I one of the oddballs...lol

i only live 4 hours from the border. thought about going to mexico for surgery since i was self pay. but there was no way i could have made even a 4 hour drive home. i would really think about this. doesnt sound like a good option to me. be careful with yourself.

Umm... Does not sound fun to say the least. But I will say that you would need to get out of the car every hour to walk about ten minutes.

I would also suggest that if you are going to do it,

To break it up into 2 days!

But I don't know... I think you should just consider flying.

I am self pay and here in my state it's $20,000.00 plus for the surgery. I had already been going through the process to have the gastric bypass and ended up canceling it, my bills had already hit $6,000.00 and I still had to pay the dr and hospital! It's outrageous around here. I have done about a year of research on the drs in Mexico and ended up choosing my very first choice, Dr Alvarez. I am extremely happy with my decision as far as going to Mexico to do this. I would have to buy two seats and my husband is 6 ft 5 in tall and 300 lbs, he would also have to buy two tickets, it's just not in the budget, even after adding up gas money, motel stays that may occur!! So I'm not going to fly, it's set in stone to drive, I was just wondering if anyone else had made a long trip, even 8 hour trip.. Just curious how well it turned out so I know what to maybe expect:)

Thanks for the input!!

Please just get out at least once an hour to walk !

You are going to be at greater risk for a blood clot from all that sitting in the car

That is my main fear, I figure it will take us 2-3 days to get home!! I will probably be overly cautious! I did but myself a really good pair of compression socks too, I was told by a nurse practitioner to get me some so I did! She also told me its gonna be at least a 2 day trip home

We are making the drive down from Fresno...about 7-8 hours.