Scheduled for surgery on June 30. Was originally supposed to be June 2 but I ended up with the stomach flu. Just wondering how everybody was doing two weeks into recovery. I have plans to travel about an hour and a half from home and spend the week at that location. I will be two weeks post op and just wondering what to expect? My biggest concern is staying hydrated. I will be outside quite a bit and summers in the Midwest are HOT.

I was ok two weeks after surgery. The first week was rough and the second week I was tired, but back to work full time. At the start of the second week I started feeling almost normal again, although not being able to eat real food kinda put a damper on that. If you have the ability to cook for yourself and have a kitchen where you can stay hydrated and well-fed, you'll be fine on vacation. I don't think I was really crazy about the heat for a few weeks after surgery. My procedure was done at the start of Sep and I live in Florida, so also miserably hot at about 2 weeks post-op.

I was on soft foods, back at work and almost getting my fluids in. I tired easily and was trying to get a handle on pre-planningmeals to make sure I got my Protein in.

I'm a terrible example, it took me almost a month to get my energy and strength back. I was so weak. I didn't have a problem getting my liquids down though -my liquid diet was for two weeks post-op. I just wanted to sleep all the time. It was a struggle forcing myself to get up and walk.

Edited June 23, 201511 yr by LadyRouge

Thank you for the info. We will be in a camper so I will have access to cooking. I will have my two week follow up the day before I leave. Hopefully, I will get to go to soft foods by then. Had my surgery been early June as planned, there would not be a concern. My son has a National Championship sporting event and I'm not missing it.

My energy levels were pretty much back to normal when I went back to work on day 11. But I barely ate more than a tablespoon of food each day for the 1st 8 or 9 days. Everything caused Frankensleeve fits. I was living off Crystal Light lemonade and sugar free popsicles. Once back to work, I was eating about 3/4 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup per day.

I just stay focused on getting in fluids. I figured I had plenty of calories stored on me, so starvation and malnutrition were not going to be a problem! :-P But dehydration was on my mind all the time, so I drank as often as I could.