Driving after a sleeve

[SAM55]

How soon after a sleeve have people been able to drive again please?

 

[Tracey]

I was 2 wks xx

 

[puddytats]

Although I asked my GP and I had bypass, she said the general rule of thumb is when you can do an emergency stop. It also depends on the type of surgery, ie whether it was keyhole or open. As a general rule, for open surgery, it is 6 weeks. For keyhole, she said to me to leave it for a couple of weeks and when you can do an emergency stop, comfortably (ie with no pain that would take your foot off the brake) then you can drive. This is also important for insurance reasons

 

[Lynneslims]

10 days. I think dvla have a minimum length of time after a general anaesthetic which might be worth investigating - if you drive before that it renders your insurance invalid. I drove on day 11 and all was fine. Had to go back to work after two weeks so needed to test the driving first.

 

[SUNSHINE]

I drove on the 8th day going to work.