Traveling between chemo & surgery

I did surgery first and then TCH chemo every 3 weeks for 6 cycles.

I traveled the week before surgery. It was a business trip to Asia. I had surgery the day after I returned home. I did use miles to upgrade from business class to first so I could go into surgery as well rested as possible. It was no problem and my surgeon was fine with it.

I didn't travel between surgery and chemo. Chemo was started just about as soon as the wound was healed. Traveling during this time might not cause any extra risks but I wouldn't want to be away from home when an after surgery infection cropped up.

I took 3 business trips during chemo. That is probably more feasable when on a 3 week chemo cycle. The trips each fell during the 3rd week of a cycle so I was feeling closer to normal.  At the end of chemo, I was feeling quite weak - having trouble with stairs. I had another business trip 4 weeks after my last chemo treatment. At the start of the week I was still having trouble with stairs - I had to ask for help at the airport to carry my roll-aboard down the stairs from the terminal to board a small plane. But I walked and did small flights of stairs all week during the trip and by the end of the week I felt much stronger. This was a case where pushing my self seemed to help with recovery. 

During all the trips during chemo and right after, I was extra careful to get enough sleep - no evening meetings - and eat as well as I could. I skipped some evening meetings and sometimes had dinner in my room.

Your oncologist's advice sounds right to me. 

We all react differently. Also, it is possible to run into a problem during chemo that delays a treatment and therefore chemo ends later than originally scheduled. You might want to avoid scheduling a trip that was costly to reschedule or cancel. Or you might consider getting trip insurance.

Hi, I did neoadjuvant TCHx6, waited 6 weeks, and then had surgery.  I went on vacation 3 weeks after my last TCH.  It was a mellow vacation, which was good, b/c I was pretty tired by the afternoons and needed a short nap.  I found I would get tired if standing or walking for too long, so I always had an eye out for a park bench or some place to rest for a second.  All that said, I really really enjoyed the time away and I am so glad I did it.  Just do it at your pace and you'll be fine.