Can I fly after AN surgery?

[stephSF]

Hello.  Do the doctors allow people to fly after surgery?  I live in Northern CA and wanting to go with Dr. Freidman and company at House in Southern cA.  What do you think?

[CHD63]

Hi Stephanie .....

There are a whole bunch of us on here who flew to House from many parts of this country ..... and from around the world.  I flew from the Eastern part of the U.S. 4 days before surgery (We wanted to do a bit of sight-seeing beforehand while there.) and flew home uneventfully 12 days post-op.  The docs there want their patients to wait 10 days before flying home.  Since I did not want to mess with having to change a reservation, I made it for 12 days and we did more sight-seeing afterwards before our flight home.

My husband was with me and I did request wheelchair assistance for the return flight so we could navigate LAX and a flight change in D.C. easier ..... very glad I did.  We also upgraded to Economy Plus on United and the extra leg room was wonderful.  I had no head/ear issues on the flight home ..... just fatigue due to some major weather delays in the Eastern US at the time.

Flying is not a problem .....

Clarice

[kareno]

Hi Stephanie:

It was just 3 weeks after my husband had his 3 cm AN removed retrosigmoid and we flew to the Bahamas with our whole family.  He did perfectly fine on the plane and did not have any incidences at all.  Dr. Heilmann our wonderful surgeon from Tufts Medical Boston MA said it was okay but not to lift any luggage and he was unable to swim under water as well. Flying was not a problem.

Karen

[leapyrtwins]

Depends on the doc and his philosophy.

My doc didn't allow flying for 6 weeks after surgery, but as Clarice said, the docs @ HEI let their patients fly much sooner.

Jan

[JAndrews]

I live in South Florida. I flew from House in LA back home 2 weeks after surgery. No problems. I did freak out a little when my ear on the good side wouldn't pop for a few days!

[mk]

I also flew home from the Canadian West coast to the East (5 hour flight, plus a 2 hour drive from the airport home), 13 days after my surgery. No problems at all. Unless there are complications, you should be OK.
I did allow myself the luxury of flying business class, which was great, because you get to sit in the 1st class lounge, you don't wait in line for security etc.

Marianna