I am having surgery the 10th of November. For some reason, our surgeon makes us stay overnight. Will I will be well enough to check out by myself and take a cab home (10 minutes away)? It Dr. Ren from NYU.

I was, but we are all different. Can you plan on that but have a PLAN B just in case?

I know everyone's different but I think it would be fine.

The day after I had mine, me and the girl that I was at the airport/hospital/hotel with walked several blocks to a few stores near the hotel. I took a cab home from the airport the following day and was also fine with making a grocery store run that day.

Good luck and try to arrange a ride if you don't feel comfortable on your own.

Can you pre-arrange a ride with the cab company? I was well enough to ride home with my husband the day after surgery. But, you will be pretty tired. Good luck!

thanks all! I am in Manhattan and so there are always tons of cabs in front of the hospital.

They wouldnt let me leave without someone... but i was so messed up on drugs when i left there is no way i could of even told a cab driver how to get home... i dont even recall the whole next day i was on so much demoral and morphine...

I would have been fine.

My hospital has a policy where you can not be released alone or to a waiting cab or bus. I could not be wheeled out of the hospital until a family member or friend arrived to go over after care with them.

I left the same day but was there several hours after surgery to get over some pretty bad nausea. So I was quite lucid by the time I was discharged. If it were allowed and necessary I could have taken a cab.

You should at least check the policy of the surgical center/hospital - I agree with previous posters; You might be fine to go alone, but I've had several surgeries and have always had to sign or agree that I'd have someone pick me up, or all bets were off. So, make sure. I've heard of a couple who arranged for limo service after their surgery. At one of the surgical centers here in Chicago, they provide you with round trip limo service - it's a thought. I really like the idea of a pre-arranged cab ride.

Best of luck to you.