Driving post op

Hi,

I’m due to have my surgery next Friday, I don’t plan on driving for over a week whilst I’m post op. I’ll be around 10 days PO before I resume driving and was wondering how you ladies dealt with the seat belt against your breasts on the day of being taken home from surgery? Do I need to get a pillow of some sort or anything, I’m worried that it will cause uncomfortable rubbing whilst driving if I don’t have anything there as a cushion xx

Are you having over or unders? I had unders and couldn’t drive until 15 days post op so take it easy.
I also couldn’t wear my seatbelt correctly for about a month and slipped my over through it to keep it off my chest xxx

Hi,
I had unders too and going home day 1 post op I wore my seatbelt underneath my arm. The most painful bit was defo round abouts! I was driving at 11 days post op but I’m 16 days post op now and I still can’t get into 5th gear or turn my steering wheel properly when holding onto the top of it. Xx

Hi Ladies,

I will be having unders, I may have to rethink my return to work day. Haha! I was planning on being able to drive back to the office 10 days PO. My office is around a 20 minute drive from my home.

I was considering getting a cushion to have as a barrier between me and the seatbelt? Xx

It’s more the being able to change gears and have full control over the steering wheel than the comfort that is the hardest. A pillow would probably help, but I just moved the seatbelt position for a few weeks.
If you drove an automatic it may be easier? I just couldn’t physically move the gears for a while! Even though I felt absolutely fine and pain free. I tried on day 10 because my recovery was great. And I ended up pulling over in tears so just be wary xxx

It’s more the being able to change gears and have full control over the steering wheel than the comfort that is the hardest. A pillow would probably help, but I just moved the seatbelt position for a few weeks.
If you drove an automatic it may be easier? I just couldn’t physically move the gears for a while! Even though I felt absolutely fine and pain free. I tried on day 10 because my recovery was great. And I ended up pulling over in tears so just be wary xxx

Hi Georgia-May,

I had my op nearly 9 weeks ago now. I had 415cc partials/unders and I was able to drive 9 days post op. Was a bit weird at first but I soon got used to it. I had to start driving as I had a 4 hour drive back to work at 14 days post op. Everyone is different so see how you go. Have a test drive when you feel comfortable and maybe try and get two weeks off if you can x

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