After tubal reversal surgery, many women find they have several questions. Those who travel to their surgeon especially have questions regarding their return trip and after they get home. We will provide answers to four of the most common in this article about tubal reanastomosis.

If you have decided to have your tubal reanastomosis done by a premiere surgeon such as Dr. Gary Berger of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, your first question will be about the flight home. How soon after the surgery can you leave? Now, if you are questioning why you would fly somewhere else to get this operation done, you should check out the author's other articles on selecting a tubal reversal doctor or check the resources listed below.

While you may want to get back home right away, if you live outside the US where it may take you more than a few hours to get home, you might want to wait another day or two before heading out. Since you could become pregnant before you know it, take a chance of having a little time to yourself before it is gone even if it is only another day or two. If you live in the contiguous states, you can go home the day after the surgery.

Now the next concern that is raised is about your trip home and your personal comfort. The first thing you can do to provide extra comfort is to have a small pillow to carry around over your lower abdomen that will provide some extra support there.

Be sure to take your pain medication along with a couple ibuprofen just before the flight to help take the edge off the pain. Most women have little pain after a tubal reanastomosis but the effort and bumpiness of a flight or car trip could aggravate things for you. Of course, you should check with your own surgeon to learn what he suggests. Also, if you do get a little motion sick, you might want to check into some medication to help with that. Discuss this with your surgeon.

One last thing to do is to try to get a direct flight. If however, you must change flights along the way, ask for a wheelchair or one of the "golf" carts available at most airports to get you from one gate to another. Be sure to tell the gate attendant that you just had surgery and need to board as you may be moving slower than usual.

Seeing your doctor at home is usually the next question asked after tubal reversal. You want to know if you need to make an appointment to see him. If he is the one that sent you to the surgeon, it might be a good idea to go see him when you get home. But, otherwise, it is up to you and whether or not it would make you more comfortable to do so.

Lastly, you want to have some way to contact your surgeon with any other questions or concerns that come up, so the question is how do you get in contact with him. Although a phone number may be the best way for emergency concerns, for the not-so-pressing questions and concerns it is nice to have other means of contact. Having an email address you can send questions to or, even better, a message board you can contact the surgeon or his staff through is great way to get your concerns and questions answered. Furthermore, with a message board you can meet and talk with other patients.