Upcoming hysterectomy 6/4: 500 km drive day after surgery?

I'm getting one in the city. I brought a pillow, blanket, step stool for getting in the truck.

Good. I think it's important to have.

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Originally Posted by Sky of Blue On the road to the city and its been 200 km of rough road so far. Potholes and frost heaves and broken pavement. I'm bouncing around so much, I don't see how this is going to work after surgery. I don't know what I'm going to do. This sucks.

OMG! There is NO WAY you can go back the next day! Our roads were not even bad & I felt every little bump that I'd normally not even noticed before. As well as motion, if hubby took a corner too fast. If you are still able to use your phone & are reading this, please talk to your doctor. Maybe he can justify keeping you a couple extra days,and then do a couple in the nearby hotel. I am sorry, sister, I wish there was a better way, but as they say, you only have one chance to heal right. Still praying for you.

How did it all go? I once did a 5 hour drive while having an ectopic and got to the hospital and had a dx and emergency surgery. I would have died had it burst during the drive as there are no services.

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Originally Posted by josshouse How did it all go? I once did a 5 hour drive while having an ectopic and got to the hospital and had a dx and emergency surgery. I would have died had it burst during the drive as there are no services.

She did the whole drive in one go! See https://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/sho...d.php?t=603697

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Originally Posted by Sky of Blue Hi there. I am a week away from surgery. I live in the far north and must travel 500km to the hospital the day before ( and 500km back afterwards, of course.) I have multiple large fibroids and we are trying for a TLH but it might end up being a TAH. If it is a TLH, I may be release the following morning. Is it realistic for my husband to drive me home or will that just be a disaster? There is a 250 km stretch with no services. I will be staying in a hotel the night before surgery but I'd rather be at home afterwards if possible.

I went home the day after surgery with Dvh both ovaries and cervix removed. I drove 106 miles to the hospital the morning of, husband stayed with me in the room in a chair and we drove the 106 miles home the next day. It was not a bad ride and I had to climb up in to the truck. Surgery at 7:30 am so we left home at 3:30 am. I was much happier doing this than staying somewhere else.

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Originally Posted by SurprisedInNB She did the whole drive in one go! See https://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/sho...d.php?t=603697

Thanks so much for posting her update. I had been thinking about & praying for her. I can't imagine having to have made such a trip right after surgery.