Sorry for all the questions!

-Virginia

Per doctor's orders, as soon as I stopped taking narcotic pain meds, which for me was one day after I came home.

vbm510,

I was taking the narcotic pain medications a little longer due to not being able to take any Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs, (NSAIDS). Think prescription strength Advil. I was SO INCREDIBLY BLESSED to have a cousin, who I'm very emotionally close to, drive for me until I could get off of the narcotic pain killers. It was over a week after surgery for me. If I didn't have to substitute for the NSAIDs, I would have been able to drive a couple days after surgery.

You can ask as many questions as you need to. We can offer advice from our experiences, but your doctors are the ones who can give you a medical answer. Good luck with your surgery.

Kathleen

Surgery Monday, stopped pain meds Thursday, drove home Friday.

I was told as long as A) not on pain meds and B.. able to move enough to drive safely - e.g. turn to look around while backing up, etc.

It was a week for me, but I wasn't taking pain meds. I was just being lazy :-)

Edited August 25, 201412 yr by amazon

When did you start driving?

@@vbm510

when i was 16 you silly head

sorry bud, couldn't resist

sweet hubby took 10 days off

totalllly let him pamper me (who derserves it more? )

2 weeks later when tom went back to work

i was driving to Kohl's!!

kathy

Edited August 28, 201412 yr by proudgrammy

5 days post op when I went back to work. Was never on any pain meds just didn't have anywhere I needed to go until then.

5 days after surgery when I returned to work. I wasn't on any pain meds after day 2...

My dr had me on no driving for 2 weeks after surgery. My poor husband was my taxi driver and boy was I happy to drive myself when the 2 weeks,where up.

Drove myself home from the airport 4 days postop...5 hour drive in a snowstorm on icy roads. I could have driven the day after surgery, but I was in Mexico getting shuttled around by the nice taxi, OCC and hotel shuttle drivers.