Day case, do I stay in London for the night after?

Just looking for some advice, I’m having my op as a day case and travelling down from Birmingham to London. Would it be comfortable to travel back to Birmingham by train on the same day or would anyone advise staying In London for the night? I will be with my partner so won’t be travelling alone.

I know MYA do ask you to stay within 1 hour of the hospital for the night if you’re a day case. And they also advise against public transport. I only know that because I’ve just been looking through documents I needed to sign. Hope that helps! Xx

This helps a lot, thank you!

Not a problem! Just check with whatever hotel you stay at that they have on site parking because I know a few of the hotels nearby don’t have carparks so it would mean you having to leave your car at a secured car park elsewhere xx

Definitely stay over or get driven home. You’re not guaranteed a seat on a train, also people on public transport sometimes aren’t very careful and could bump into you and really hurt you! Also, the seats are pretty narrow. The first few days (for me anyway) I pretty much had to keep my arms by my side to prevent ache and my incisions pulling. When I had my 1 week post op I had much more arm freedom and even then I became really uncomfortable on the train due to the way I had to sit. Definitely something to consider as that hasn’t even crossed my mind until it happened xx

Thank you both! Had my pre op today and she said I can come home if I want to, luckily my other half is driving us down so she said that will be ok! Thank you for all your help x

On the day of my op my nurse asked how far away I lived – it was just over 1hr which she said was fine but any longer they like you to stay in a hotel nearby. The journey home was rather uncomfortable for me not sure I could’ve hacked more than 1.5hrs xx

Sorry to jump in I am travelling from Nuneaton to London in December and was wondering the same thing however was looking at staying in a hotel the night before and on the night which he tel would you recommend staying in please?xx

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