How long is long enough to wait before Traveling?

[BetterMeCourtney 0]

How long after your surgery would you have felt comfortable taking a trip/vacation?

Thanks!

[melmarlem 0]

I asked my surgeon how long before I could fly after surgery and he said 2 weeks. I agree with that. Getting in and out of a car was painful for a few weeks, it caused a lot of pain at my port site.

[itschoice 0]

Do you mean to go on vacation and enjoy yourself? If that is the case I would say a month. I would want to be off of liquids and know what soft foods my body can take. If it is traveling just to get from point "a" to point "b" then 2 weeks. Like going home for the holidays and I am spending time at the family home then 2 weeks. At the 2 week point I was still tired and could not do much after work.

[BetterMeCourtney 0]

so to enjoy a vacation you'd say a minimum of 4/5 weeks?

[paracelsus51 0]

I would say at least a month too. I had surgery and flew two days later and was fine. I was going home and slept all the next day. At a month you haven't had a fill, but should be back on reasonably solid food so you can enjoy yourself.

[itschoice 0]

Yes, I would say to enjoy my time 4 to 5 weeks.

[Bec 0]

I flew to Bali (from Western Australia) 3 weeks after my surgery and had a fabulous time - just as good if not better than last year!!! :thumbup:

[Effielin 0]

I flew from Texas to Ireland 3 weeks after my surgery and had no problems running through airports, carrying bags, etc. I had a marvelous, wonderful time ...

LInda

[newdicarlo 0]

I flew to Miami and went on a cruise in the Bahamas for 4 days--8 weeks after my surgery. I did not make a 4 hour drive to Kansas City 2 weeks after my surgery, but I did go an hour away to my in-laws. I could have done the cruise at 6 weeks, but wouldn't have done it any sooner. I did get "stuck" for the first time on the cruise...which was two weeks after my first fill and after a 2-hour flight...