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Is It Safe To Travel After Appendectomy?
I had a difficult apendectomy (open) surgery which took over 3 hours. I'm 54 yrs old 6"4 290lbs, I had a angioplasy (no Stents) in february/11 one blocked secondary branch, I take lopressor 12.5mg 2 x a day plavix. I had a trip from Los Angeles to Chicago to visit my mother for this week. It has been 1 week since the surgery and they are removing my staples today...Can I travel say with in the next week or so?
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Hello thank you for contacting healthcare magic. If I am your treating Doctor I advice you not to visit after a week. At least you should wait for a 2 month for complete recovery. But if its urgent you can go by 15 days only for short journey. If you have to ask me any thing you can contact me. Dr.Arun Tank infectious disease specialist.
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