Traveling after surgery

Hi Everyone, I've got a couple of questions I hoped maybe someone who has been here would answer. My husband is having surgery at the end of July, then I'll have mine in Jan. My question is this. Our flight will be about 8 hours with one stopover. We will be leaving about 5 days after a Lap RNY. He carries almost all of his extra weight in his stomach, and needs an extender to fly. How miserable is he going to be on the flight home? I checked into first class and business class, and that is not gonna happen on our budget, LOL.... Also, I am an extremely bad flier, and have never flown without being (heavily) medicated. I can't be medicated on the flight if he is, in case I have to take care of him. Which could be really icky for both of us.... So...if anyone has some tips or advice for things I could do or check into beforehand, I would really appreciate it! Thanks for listening... Kim

It shouldn't be too bad. I flew home 5 days after my LAP RNY and I was ok. I just got up and walked around when I could. I upgraded at the airport to first class and it was only 100.00 to upgrade. If I had booked the whole flight in first class it was going to be like 400.00 more. Something to think about. Leanne LAP RNY - Dec16/05 Dr Joya 274/156/140?

Kim - Hey neighbor! My flight wasn't 8 hours straight, but it was long enough. I had the open RNY with Dr. Aguirre and I was quite surprised at how well I fared on the trip. I thought I'd be miserable but I didn't need any medication at all. You are right though - you will need to be unmedicated or at least lightly so because you're going to have to haul all that luggage for him and carry all the stuff for him. He shouldn't risk ANYTHING by lifting anything the whole time. Might seem silly, but going out of the country for surgery, you don't want to get half way home and pull a stitch or something. Not a good thing! So make sure he plays the baby. Get him to practicing right now if need be! I would recommend just going ahead and planning for an aisle seat for him so he can put the arm up. Like I said, I was surprised at how comfortable I was flying home. I did constantly flex my legs though so I wouldn't get a clot. I couldn't always get up to move, but I kept my legs moving anyway even though I was seated. Hope that helps somewhat. I hope he has as painless a time as I did! Dina