Sitting, Laying Down and Traveling after Thigh Lift

Hi there,

Did anyone spend any time in the car after having thigh lift surgery?  How were you instructed to recover post-op?  Lying down with your legs propped up?  Any sitting restrictions? 

I had to take a 1.5 hour drive after the surgery.  I was pretty tired so I put the seat back down a little so that I could nod off.  No real issues with the ride although I was still under the affects of the anesthesia.  Spent most of the next few days at home - walking around as best I could.  I sat most of the day - either in a living room chair or a dining room chair with arms.  I needed the support of the arms to get out of the chairs.  Not too much pain.  My doc didn't pull things so tight that I was concerned about popping anything open.  I had more pain from the lipo rather than the incision.  I was told to resume normal activities as tolerated but no exercise.  I slept in my own bed each night.  Getting up got easier as the days went by.  I had a compression garment on - not too much swelling so no need to really prop my legs up.  Each day I got a little more mobile and a little less sore.  Not really as bad as I had expected from what I had read on this board.

The morning after my surgery (tt, medial thigh lift, bl/ba I rode home 2.5 hours.  I was told to take it easy...I had a lift chair which I think was very helpful.  I didn't do much of anything but sit with ice on my body in my "old lady chair" and I took plenty of naps. :). I didn't lay down in my bed for a week.  At 7 days I returned to the surgeon (2.5 hours each way) and then at about 10 days I got the seromas and was in the car every other day for a bit. 

I didn't have sitting restrictions with this surgery but did inquire on having my thass (the spot where my ass touches the back of my thighs) done.  I was told I wouldn't be able to sit for two weeks!  I have since decided not to do that but to likely finish up with my back and call life good.