I am scheduled for my sleeve on June 21 with Dr. Ortiz at OCC. What I am most nervous about at this point is flying home. I live in Denver, CO and the flight from San Diego is about 2.5 hours...

I'd appreciate hearing "flight stories" from anyone who is willing to share. Did you feel sick/nauseous? How was the seat belt? Did it irritate your incisions at all? How about sitting on the plane and/or in the airport for that long? What medications did you take or were you allowed to take before flying home?

I flew from New Orleans to Atlanta, then Atlanta to Wisconsin. Honestly, my flight home was no worse than my flight there. I just kept the seatbelt low and tried to sleep as much as I could on the flight.

I took a pain pill on the flight home and was fine. The only thing that happened was I an attack of gas. Not fun when you are on a plane. It had to be the gases from surgery since I hadn't had food in two weeks. Take some gas-x strips and you should be fine.

I stayed one extra day in the hotel but It really wasn't necessary. I flew from SanDiego to Boston non-stop. In the airport, our driver got us there in plenty of time for us not to have to rush to get our flights. Walking to the gate was not far or strenuous. I brought a small carry on which I didn't have to lift.. when I got on the plane, a flight attendant lifted it into the overhead compartment for me. I did not do preboarding as I felt it was not necessary for me. I made sure I had an aisle seat. I got up about every hour and walked up and down the aisle. I also did "point and flex" exercises while seated and I wore compression socks. I am 5'5" and weighed 290 at the time of my flight and the seatbelt fit fine with no extender and I was comfortable in my seat with both armrests down. I purchased two vitamin water zeros at the airport gift shop and was happy to drink those on the plane while everyone else was having their snacks. For medication, they gave some sublingual nsaid pain relievers upon discharge. I didn't need them... I did make sure I had plenty of gasx strips (helps with ACTUAL gas that is in your actual digestive track.. not the weird surgery gas that is in your shoulder) and I took a few of those when needed.

I am scheduled for my sleeve on June 21 with Dr. Ortiz at OCC. What I am most nervous about at this point is flying home. I live in Denver' date=' CO and the flight from San Diego is about 2.5 hours...

I'd appreciate hearing "flight stories" from anyone who is willing to share. Did you feel sick/nauseous? How was the seat belt? Did it irritate your incisions at all? How about sitting on the plane and/or in the airport for that long? What medications did you take or were you allowed to take before flying home?[/quote']

My flight had me stranded in Denver!!!! :-(

Lol!

My flight was uneventful, except for the seatbelt. I flew the same airlines as I did there and when I put my seatbelt on I had to suck in my stomach to buckle. I complained.. WTH? I gained weight? The flight attendant heard my conversation and smiled. He graciously leaned over and unwrapped the belt from around the arm rest. I was too relieved to be embarassed. But he and my daughter had a good laugh.

Other than that my trip home was great. It gave me time to catch up on sleep since I was nonstop in MX and San Diego. Be sure to walk when you have a long flight or walk during lay overs.

I forgot to mention....I did have a horrific bout of diarrhea at the airport (in the bathroom! hehe), and was terrified it would happen again on the plane. Mercifully it did not

I flew non-stop from San Diego to Kansas City and it was uneventful but for one thing: all the gas I worked so hard to dissipate in TJ came back with a vengeance!

Something about the change in air pressure I think. So as mentioned above, walk if you get the chance, either between flights or during.