How long before you could drive after TT?

(deactivated member)
on 8/19/11 6:15 am

Is it when you get off most of your meds or did surgeon give you restrictions.

Crazeru
on 8/19/11 6:24 am

I drove a couple of miles at 2+ weeks out. But, I was only taking pain meds at night. I did drive myself to Kaiser at 3 weeks out to get the rest of my stitches out.

Chris
HW/225 - 5'1" ~ SW/205/after surgery 215 ~ CW/145~ BMI-25.8~Normal BMI 132 ~DS Dr Rabkin 4/17/08
Plastics in Monterrey - See Group on OH Dr Sauceda Jan 13, 2011
LBL, BL, small thigh lift, arms & a full facelift on 1/17/11 UBL 1/21/13
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jtsmom02
on 8/19/11 6:36 am - Mineola, TX

RNY on 09/09/03

My doc said as soon as I was off pain meds. Driving wasn't a problem for me at all.

Laina B.
250 / 160
9/9/03 Lap RNY
(Dr Charles Beall, Tyler TX - AWESOME!!!)
5/13/11 Cholecystectomy, extended abdominoplasty (anchor cut), and mastopexy
(Dr Charles Beall and Dr James Saar, Tyler TX - AWESOME!!!)
8/26/11 Abdominoplasty revision
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(deactivated member)
on 8/19/11 6:49 am

Was told not to drive until was off all pain meds. Had an LBL so getting in and out I had to be careful not to slide in. It was better to lift myself into and out of the seat.

mkbeany
on 8/19/11 6:59 am

I have been told that I can drive when I no longer take the narcotic pain meds.

Frankly...I am more worried about how I am gonna get my big ass up into my Ford F150.

ouch.

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. " -- Anais Nin

Revised from Band to Bypass 10/26/09
High Wt 355/ Surgery Wt 343 (BMI 61) / Current Wt 190 on 3/17/12

TT/Fleur De Lis 8/22/11
Mastopexy and Brachioplasty 12/14/11

(deactivated member)
on 8/19/11 7:19 am

VSG on 03/03/09

Get a small step stool or milk crate and keep it behind seat in truck with you. And try to park along curbs when you go somewhere that way you get a small boost as well.

(deactivated member)
on 8/19/11 7:01 am

VSG on 03/03/09

Cool, it sounds like it won't be too long as soon as I get my wits about me. I had worked on pain pills before but got a ride to work for a while so I didn't know what my tolerance would be. Don't want to pu**** too soon.

Thanks

Still Fawn
on 8/19/11 8:12 am - SIERRA MADRE, CA

I drove at 8 days out. My two restrictions were no pain meds for 48 hours, and the drains had to be gone. I stopped meds at day 5, and the drains came out at day 7.. So I was gtg!

I am still loving life with my sleeve! Been maintaining at or below goal for over 4 years!
"People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within." - Ramona L. Anderson

cyndi U.
on 8/19/11 11:32 am - forney, TX

9 days out I drove. No pain meds.

Cyndi U
Gastric Bypass, Dr. Daniel Jones, Dallas, 2003
LBL, Lipo, Butt Aug, Full Thigh Lift, hernia repair - 5/5/11, Baylor Houston Residency Program - Dr. Echo & Dr. Bullocks
BL/BA, brachioplasty - 8/26/11, Baylor Houston Residency Program - Dr. Lee & Dr. Bullocks

Melinda L.
on 8/19/11 2:21 pm - San Antonio, TX

RNY on 12/10/08

I was cleared to drive at 2 weeks out - even while on Percocet.

Well he said I could drive - but then I told him good cause I missed cruisin' in my Baby and he asked what I drove. When I said I drove a 2010 Camaro, he almost retracted his statement! LOL

I told him I couldn't get in and out of it yet anyway - so not to worry. Not to mention with the pain I was still having in my right rib, her stiff steering would have been painful. But I still had my hubby home and just let him chauffeur me for the first three weeks. LoL

RNY - 12/10/2008    Dr. Terive Duperier of BMI of Texas
Lower Body Lift / Breast Lift - 07/20/2011   Dr Peter Fisher of San Antonio Plastic Surgery Center

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