How long is it after gastric sleeve surgery until one can drive?

My surgeon cleared me to drive at 10 days

I was sleeved with a hiatal hernia, spent 24 hours in hospital, took one dose of pain med when I got home Tuesday at 3 pm, and Wednesday afternoon I drove to the grocery store. On Saturday I drove to the mall and walked around 3 hours. I took it slow, but I felt wonderful. I am 67.

I was sleeved with a hiatal hernia, spent 24 hours in hospital, took one dose of pain med when I got home Tuesday at 3 pm, and Wednesday afternoon I drove to the grocery store. On Saturday I drove to the mall and walked around 3 hours. I took it slow, but I felt wonderful. I am 67.

WOW! I'm praying to have the same results minus the hernia. So happy for you!

I am feeling like a million dollars. Granted, I have some small issues, but I can breathe without gasping for breath (asthma-no symptoms now), off Metformin, off 1 BP med, the pain in my feet from terrible neuropathy disappeared (go figure that one). I learned to eat the veggies to help with the constipation which is very common. Wishing everyone the best. Linda

I was sleeved with a hiatal hernia, spent 24 hours in hospital, took one dose of pain med when I got home Tuesday at 3 pm, and Wednesday afternoon I drove to the grocery store. On Saturday I drove to the mall and walked around 3 hours. I took it slow, but I felt wonderful. I am 67.

WOW! I'm praying to have the same results minus the hernia. So happy for you!

Yeah LindafromFlorida! I had the same experience. Didn't really care for the flavor of the pain med and didn't ever really take it, so I drove at 3 days. The surgeon's main concern is that you don't drive under the influence of narcotic medication. On day 5 I drove myself to the gym, and one day 8 went back to work 1/2 time. My advice it to prepare for a little longer, tho, and then just rejoice if you bounce back quickly.

My doctor said 1 week and as long as I was off all pain meds.

I could have driven the day after I got home, as long as I wasn't on pain meds. I was taking them for over a week after I got home, so I didn't drive for 2 weeks. Plus my dad had my car.