I know everyone is different but I was wondering if I could hear peoples experience about post op pain and flying home. How bad is the pain how,long does it last and how uncomfortable is it to fly home five hours? If you had to do it over again would you have stayed longer?

I had my surgery this past Monday (11/02)... the pain was pretty rough for me the first 2 days. I had pain meds in the hospital but it was still rough. Since then I've managed it with gas-x and hydrocodone-acetaminophen (Vicadin). I'm not sure how soon you plan to fly home after surgery but I can't imagine sitting on plane for 5 hours anytime soon. But like you said....everyone is different.

I never had any pain postop. Never took any pain Meds. My abdomen basically just felt fatigued, like I'd done a hundred sit-ups. The drain was a little uncomfortable (like a light cramp) but that was removed before I flew home. Surgery on Friday, flew back Monday (2 hour flight). Arrived in a snowstorm so I waited until Tuesday before driving myself home 5 hours. Plowed my driveway when I got home, rested the next day and back to work on Thursday.

I would have LOVED to stay in sunny TJ longer rather than return to Idaho winter weather, but not because of any surgical pain.