Post Op

[Dlareg]

My instructions were to not drive for 24 hours after surgery. I could have driven the morning after though it would have been uncomfortable. I was driving regularly two days after

[Lost Sheep]

Echoing others' responses and your response to them that you are safety conscious enough to make a reasonable decision about driving or not, I contribute these three questions.

What do you think it would feel like to hit a pothole on the drive?

Do you think your response time to avoiding an accident would be (evasive actions, braking, swerving, etc). Especially if a manual transmission (which I do not know what kind you have)?

Aside from response time, quickly lifting your foot from gas pedal to brake pedal could be a challenge.

[newbie443]

Just asking a question

I have to spend the night in the hospital so I would not be released just after anesthesia! I don’t know how many surgeries you have had but I’ve had multiple surgeries and I drove myself home after one of them, I was just asking as to the pain leave and I am adult enough to know when I can drive safely without endangering myself and others.

I think what you are missing is a number of things. We have all been through this so please listen to what we are all saying.

You are going to have a reservoir implanted at the belt line pressing against your bladder. 2cylinders in your penis and a pump in your scrotum with your testicles. And tubing connecting it all. You will be inflated and have swelling. You will be biggest after surgery and get smaller as healing takes place and swelling goes down. You will have a bulky compression bandage on your penis and testicles. It is not a matter of being alert enough to drive but the trouble setting upright for the 2-3 hours to drive home. Some doctors use a drain to reduce the blood pooling after surgery. Bleeding and blood pooling increase your chance of infection. It is very, very, very important to stay as flat as you can for the first 48 hours after surgery and then gradually start to move around a bit more. This makes for a quicker and more comfortable recovery. And then there are blood clot risks after surgery compounded by driving (setting in a car or airplane). And is why when men travel for this they are told not to fly home for 72 hours.

After surgery it is your job to take it easy and heal. You really need to follow your doctors instructions on this to the letter. I know it was difficult for me to ride in the wheel chair setting up the morning after my surgery. And I did my best to stretch out as much as I could for the ride back to my hotel room. And was ready to get back in bed. I suppose I could have taken more narcotic's to make it comfortable but I will say that 5 days after surgery I flew home with 2-3 hour flight time and 2 hour lay over and it was not a lot of fun. It is the setting up right confined to a chair that is the problem. A short trip and few miles home is one thing but 2-3 hours is another. Men who have desk jobs have trouble going back to work after 2 weeks off for this. And that will be even worse if you do not stay as flat as you can and rest for the first 48 to 72 hours. There is a cosmetic element for this as well. And it is really bad if you have infection.

We are trying to help you have the best outcome you can with this. But it is up to you. Take care and best of luck to you.

[SquadCaptain74]

Just asking a question

I have to spend the night in the hospital so I would not be released just after anesthesia! I don’t know how many surgeries you have had but I’ve had multiple surgeries and I drove myself home after one of them, I was just asking as to the pain leave and I am adult enough to know when I can drive safely without endangering myself and others.

I think what you are missing is a number of things. We have all been through this so please listen to what we are all saying.

You are going to have a reservoir implanted at the belt line pressing against your bladder. 2cylinders in your penis and a pump in your scrotum with your testicles. And tubing connecting it all. You will be inflated and have swelling. You will be biggest after surgery and get smaller as healing takes place and swelling goes down. You will have a bulky compression bandage on your penis and testicles. It is not a matter of being alert enough to drive but the trouble setting upright for the 2-3 hours to drive home. Some doctors use a drain to reduce the blood pooling after surgery. Bleeding and blood pooling increase your chance of infection. It is very, very, very important to stay as flat as you can for the first 48 hours after surgery and then gradually start to move around a bit more. This makes for a quicker and more comfortable recovery. And then there are blood clot risks after surgery compounded by driving (setting in a car or airplane). And is why when men travel for this they are told not to fly home for 72 hours.

After surgery it is your job to take it easy and heal. You really need to follow your doctors instructions on this to the letter. I know it was difficult for me to ride in the wheel chair setting up the morning after my surgery. And I did my best to stretch out as much as I could for the ride back to my hotel room. And was ready to get back in bed. I suppose I could have taken more narcotic's to make it comfortable but I will say that 5 days after surgery I flew home with 2-3 hour flight time and 2 hour lay over and it was not a lot of fun. It is the setting up right confined to a chair that is the problem. A short trip and few miles home is one thing but 2-3 hours is another. Men who have desk jobs have trouble going back to work after 2 weeks off for this. And that will be even worse if you do not stay as flat as you can and rest for the first 48 to 72 hours. There is a cosmetic element for this as well. And it is really bad if you have infection.

We are trying to help you have the best outcome you can with this. But it is up to you. Take care and best of luck to you.

Thats about the best damn (free) advice you can get right there! Suggest you heed. Great synopsis and overview!!