Driving after surgery?

[colorado.girl80 8]

I was wondering if any of you drove right after surgery? I mean like getting out of the hospital and driving right then. Is this ok?

I have a very supportive family most of the time but for some reason I cant get anyone who can come with me for my surgery which is 2 hours away from me. I was thinking that I might stay the night in the town and then drive the 2 hours the next day to get home.

Is this an ok idea or just a bad idea?

[Levi27 0]

I was wondering if any of you drove right after surgery? I mean like getting out of the hospital and driving right then. Is this ok?

I have a very supportive family most of the time but for some reason I cant get anyone who can come with me for my surgery which is 2 hours away from me. I was thinking that I might stay the night in the town and then drive the 2 hours the next day to get home.

Is this an ok idea or just a bad idea?

I was told defintely no driving for alittle while, especially right after surgery. The doctor said given the surgery my muscles wouldn't have the same reaction time. Maybe you could take a bus or something like that or offer to pay a friend gas money to drive you. Just a thought. Good luck with your surgery and take care.

[Kmartin121 0]

I had asked my doctor the same thing and he said that I needed to have someone drive me home. I was banded on Friday, stayed overnight at the hospital, and would never have been able to drive myself home on Saturday. In fact, I felt like I was barely surviving the ride home with my mother driving! lol

Do you have any good friends that would go with you. Maybe you can get a room for them and you can stay at the hospital or with them at the hotel. I know when I talked to my friends, they came out of the woodwork to help me, but my family stepped up to the plate too.

[Elyssia 0]

HI! I really hope you can find someone to drive you.....Personally I dont think its a good idea. Just going on drives after the surgery was kinda rough depending on the road. And Im 6th day post op and still dont feel like Im 100% ready to drive! If you didnt have to drive very far and you were staying the night in the hospital, then maybe, but you're talking about a 2 hour drive:( Good Luck, I really hope someone can give you a helping hand:smile:

[L12 13]

There's no way I could have driven right after surgery. First of all, the hospital would not have released me if I didn't have someone to drive me home. Second, I was still heavily under the influence of anesthesia, and kept dozing off. Third, I did have some pain, and was moving pretty slow; I'm sure my with the combination of pain and anesthesia my reflexes were not up to speed.

[JuneAct2 0]

My surgeon would have cancelled my surgery if I didn't have someone to drive me home. I had surgery on Friday, and didn't drive again until Monday. Even then it was only 8 blocks to my office. There is no way I could have driven the 2 hours home from the surgery center by myself. They doped me up for the ride home!

[babbs3772 1]

I hope you can get a ride home - there was no possible way I would have made home in one piece - Quite frankly had I driven myself home I would have probably had an accident and or hurt someone!

Good luck and I hope someone comes and gets you.

[Elyssia 0]

Hi Babbs!

Why did you have a port revision???

[Hope09 0]

Hi ladies,

So what day did you feel able to drive? I will have to take my children to and from school, about a ten minute drive and I am planning on doing this 2 days after surgery. Will this be too soon?

[colorado.girl80 8]

Thank you all so much for your replies. Surprisingly everyone agreed that it is a bad idea for me to drive myself.

I will make sure I find someone to drive me and if I cant then I will be getting a very expensive bus ride there and back.

[babbs3772 1]

Hi Babbs!

Why did you have a port revision???

Hello Elyssia

I had to have a port revision because my port was too large for my body, it was bonking against my ribs (it is on the right side between my ribs and hip bone) being short that I am 5ft2 - it was causing constant pain, sleeping was painful, sitting was painful - pretty unhappy all the time.

So that being said I had a "low profile" port put in, slightly lower than where the other one was. It is smaller and thinner and has made all the difference!

It was an easy and quick surgery as well :wink5:

[twiggysmiff 0]

Bad idea....you will be under general anesthesia which stays in your system for up to 24 hours. If you drove, you would be just the same as drinking and driving and you could have an accident and hurt yourself or others. If you got pulled over, you could be arrested for DUI. My doctors would not release me unless I had an adult to take me home and I only lived 5 minutes from the hospital (if that). Surely, there HAS to be someone who can take you!

[colorado.girl80 8]

Thanks everyone for the advice. You were right, there was no way I could have drove yesterday. I could barely keep my eyes open. My mom ended up coming down to be with me so its all good.

Thanks again!!