question about travel after surgery

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone -

I'm new to this process, but for now, I'll just ask one question.

How soon after surgery (lower & upper) do you think that I would be

able to travel by airplane? Is one week far too ambitious? How

about two?

Thanks,

Chris

[Guest guest]

It's been 12 days for me and my doc doesn't recommend traveling

until another 2 weeks. The change in pressure really gets to you.

Hope this helps.

> Hi everyone -

>

> I'm new to this process, but for now, I'll just ask one question.

> How soon after surgery (lower & upper) do you think that I would

be

> able to travel by airplane? Is one week far too ambitious? How

> about two?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Chris

[Guest guest]

You should ask your surgeon - I had upper/lower/genio and travelled

by plane (Toronto to UK and back) after 11 weeks. My biggest fear

was being able to open my jaw wide enough to clear the pressure in

my ears. I was able to eat by then, but was not chewing much, and I

still had limited opening.

It also depends on why you're travelling. If it's for pleasure, I'd

wait until you were further along in the recovery. I took 5 weeks

off work and was still weak going back. You'll soon find it takes

forever to eat and clean, and your energy levels will take time to

come back. I'm a high energy person, and found it surprising just

what this process of recovery can take out of you. At 6 weeks, I did

some major overtime at work and found out just what stress can do to

the body (mouth swelled up inside, I was very faint, it took 3 days

of doing almost nothing but lay on the couch to recover).

Having said that, I did paint much of the interior of my house

during my recovery, but there was no pressure, I could plop on the

couch anytime I wanted!

> Hi everyone -

>

> I'm new to this process, but for now, I'll just ask one question.

> How soon after surgery (lower & upper) do you think that I would

be

> able to travel by airplane? Is one week far too ambitious? How

> about two?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Chris

[Guest guest]

i was still pretty congested after one week, which i think would

probably make flying uncomfortable. i think you'd be good to go

after two. you're not going to feel 100% for quite some time so you

never know... when the time comes you may decide that you'd rather

not go anywhere at all. i was back to work after a week (i had lower

and upper) but work was pretty much the only place i could handle

going to. i just got tired easily.

> Hi everyone -

>

> I'm new to this process, but for now, I'll just ask one question.

> How soon after surgery (lower & upper) do you think that I would be

> able to travel by airplane? Is one week far too ambitious? How

> about two?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Chris

[Guest guest]

Just had a rount table discussion with my OS group, most of the patients

there were going to have their surgery during the summer. We were

strongly advised to stay close to home. No traveling. What also

interested me was that we were told not to l ift heavy objects bec it

contorts the facial muscles... Very interesting.... For those of you

whose physicians offer this round table - you must go. It is very

informative and you get to meet former patients who are very honest.

Re: question about travel after

surgery

i was still pretty congested after one week, which i think would

probably make flying uncomfortable. i think you'd be good to go

after two. you're not going to feel 100% for quite some time so you

never know... when the time comes you may decide that you'd rather

not go anywhere at all. i was back to work after a week (i had lower

and upper) but work was pretty much the only place i could handle

going to. i just got tired easily.

> Hi everyone -

>

> I'm new to this process, but for now, I'll just ask one question.

> How soon after surgery (lower & upper) do you think that I would be

> able to travel by airplane? Is one week far too ambitious? How

> about two?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Chris