happousai (imported) wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2002 8:53 pm
According to a description of one nullification procedure at
http://www.bmeworld.com/smooth/02_01.htm , post-operative bed rest might not be necessary. So, you might just need three days, including flying to Thailand, having the operation, resting one day in bed just in case, then flying back and having a local doctor manage your aftercare.
I wouldn't assume that . . .
"Not requiring bedrest" and "sitting for twenty hours in a plane at high altitude and low pressures, hours from medical care" are quite different.
Even if one is up and walking the next day (for me it was slowly and cautiously LATE the next day), that does not mean one is ready for a trans-oceanic flight.
We each heal differently, and each surgery is different no matter how simple.
As an example, 7 years before my nullification I had a vasectomy. I had my vasectomy on my lunch hour and went back to work. About six months later my co-worker, same age, same health, very similar build, had a vasectomy at the same clinic with the same surgeon.
Wayne's scrotum puffed up like a poisoned pup, and required drainage the next day. Wayne also missed about a week of work, and was on light duty for another two weeks. Even after that, I did the ladder climbing for both of us for probably the next month.
If one has surgery in Thailand, I'd absolutely not plan on flying back in under a week.
If you are up and running marathons the next morning then you have a nice week's vacation in a beautiful part of the world. If it doesn't go quite that smoothly you have a week to get to the point where it might be OK to fly back.
Don't rush it. Even if your recovery is ideal, and you feel ready to fly back right away, don't. Mid-Pacific is NOT the place to suddenly and unexpectedly need the services of an emergency room.
Take care,
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