Travel home after surgery?

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Chickadee
Chickadee Member Posts: 4,467
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment
Travel home after surgery?
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  • Chickadee
    Chickadee Member Posts: 4,467
    edited September 2009

    I'm at the beginning of this odyssey.  I am trying to weigh all the possibilities and have a nagging concern.  I want to know from those ladies who had surgeries done in centers away from home and were driven home, was that a major pain?  We are about 4 hours from MD Anderson. I'm open to have a double mastectomy but no decision will be made of course, till I go through the week long evals at MD.  I tend towards motion sickness anyway and wonder if I would want to stay put for some days after treatment/surgery before trying to drive home.  We have a 10 yr old motorhome that we will be using.

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  • transplante
    transplante Member Posts: 32
    edited September 2009

    I live 2 hours from my surgery site. I had a bi-lat mast with DIEP flap reconstruction.

    I rode home in a Pathfinder with a pillow strapped to my chest and lap. I did take a percocet prior to leaving and really don't remember much about the ride home...or the rest of the day really! I did take a tupperware container with a lid just in case I was sick in the car, but fortunately did not need it.

    Good luck!

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  • Lovegolf
    Lovegolf Member Posts: 513
    edited September 2009

    If you tell your doctor of your concern I am sure you get a Rx for fenagen(sp) to keep you from gettig sick.  I would think you would be more comfortable in your own bed. With Rx for dizziness and pain meds you should be ok on ride home.

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  • Chickadee
    Chickadee Member Posts: 4,467
    edited September 2009

    Thanks for shaing your experience, very helpful.  I'll know more next week about what traveling will be happening.  I like this center so much and really want to have as much done there as possible.

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