I am planning to have my surgery date on June 8th. I have a trip across the US mid to end of July. How soon did you travel post op? How did you feel traveling so soon? Any recommendations on requesting to postpone my surgery date until after my trip?

I know I personally would have been okay to travel by that point, but if I were you I would make sure that you're not doing anything too physically taxing. I developed an iron deficiency after surgery that absolutely took all of my energy, but I started to feel better after about 2 weeks on iron pills (so 4 weeks after surgery.) If you develop anything like that you should know by your post op appointment with your surgeon.

Everyone's recovery is different, but even with the iron deficiency mine was incredibly smooth and surprisingly less painful than I had imagined (I've had colds that have made me feel worse honestly.)

I think the problem of traveling is sitting in one place for a long time. The doctors worry about blood clots. But I think 6 weeks is okay. You're just not supposed to sit around for more than 2 hours at the time I think. Also you're assuming everything goes okay with your surgery., I wish I hope it does!

I flew home on day 2, across country flight.. so yeah, i may be over zealous but you should be fine. Make a plan for how you plan to keep up your fluids, especially if you are driving. That seems to be the hardest part for me.

I think the problem of traveling is sitting in one place for a long time. The doctors worry about blood clots. But I think 6 weeks is okay. You're just not supposed to sit around for more than 2 hours at the time I think. Also you're assuming everything goes okay with your surgery., I wish I hope it does!

Thank you for saying this! I decided to delay my surgery until well after my trip. I think this is best.

I flew home on day 2, across country flight.. so yeah, i may be over zealous but you should be fine. Make a plan for how you plan to keep up your fluids, especially if you are driving. That seems to be the hardest part for me.

Wow! That's amazing! I decided to delay just to be safe. I'm glad everything worked well for you!

I know I personally would have been okay to travel by that point, but if I were you I would make sure that you're not doing anything too physically taxing. I developed an iron deficiency after surgery that absolutely took all of my energy, but I started to feel better after about 2 weeks on iron pills (so 4 weeks after surgery.) If you develop anything like that you should know by your post op appointment with your surgeon.
Everyone's recovery is different, but even with the iron deficiency mine was incredibly smooth and surprisingly less painful than I had imagined (I've had colds that have made me feel worse honestly.)

Thank you for your transparency. I decided to delay my surgery date until after my trip just to be safe. Thanks again!

On 4/17/2023 at 3:23 PM, LMorales said:

I am planning to have my surgery date on June 8th. I have a trip across the US mid to end of July. How soon did you travel post op? How did you feel traveling so soon? Any recommendations on requesting to postpone my surgery date until after my trip?

Hey there, little late but I flew to tijuana for vsg. I flew home 3 days after my surgery. I was in the airport all day long. I did fine, but was on an all liquid diet so barely getting 200 calories a day. You'll be almost a month PO so you should be fine. Bring healthy snacks & a water bottle with you. Also, I CANNOT EXPRESS enough, wear compression socks! I always wear them when flying & for whatever reason I didn't wear them flying home & my legs, ankles & feet were so swollen it was painful & awful. Took 2 days of icing & wearing compression socks all day & elevating my feet in the recliner to get them to go down.

Hope this helps! Any other questions let me know ?