An EZ Question!

[Guest]

Ok, am I the ONLY one on this board who didn't cheat?

NO! I didn't cheat ... I just "bent" the rules. I waited until February 10, 2003 to drive again. I just started driving at 12:01 am, February 10, 2003 .

still, it was fun to be back behind the wheel and free again!

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!



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[catwoman]

I will ditto Al Capshaw's comments.

I did drive before I was supposed to. No accident, but it hurt like hell. Turning my head to see traffic in lanes on either side was a real pain in the neck and back! It also hurt to turn the steering wheel.

ALSO -- most importantly: Your heart could be injured during an accident in which the airbag goes off. Sometimes the symptoms are immediate; sometimes they surface several months later, as with my husband's ruptured mitral valve chordae and torn leaflet.
I saw a friend Wednesday who lost a grandson about 5-6 years ago in a hit-and-run accident (other driver abandoned the semi he was driving!). She had asked about John's recover from MV repair and when I mentioned the valve had been damaged during a head-on car accident, she said, "He was lucky." Then said that her grandson died because a valve was torn open during the accident and that he bled to death. (I didn't probe for more details, but she did say he was sitting in the back seat.)

Since John fractured his sternum in his accident, I have tried to heighten people's awareness that airbags can cause life-threatening injuries -- as well as prevent them.

 

[DeWayne]

I was given the green light at 4 weeks.

 

[Adam 12-21-05]

Great question.

I'll hedge and give you an EZ answer, "it depends".

Recovery is a personal process that entails both physical and mental healing. The extent by which someone heals to the point they can resume driving an automobile varies given different variables - type of surgery, age, etc.

I got back, behind the wheel after 8 weeks. I had an aortic and pulmonary valve replacement (via the Ross Procedure).

Cheers,

Adam

 

[sue943]

I waited until after I saw my cardiologist which was about seven weeks. He cleared me to drive. In the meantime I had bought a car with power steering as my old car didn't have that. I also bought a special padded strip to put on my seat belt to stop it rubbing the top of my incison, plus I have a little gadget which means I can set the seatbelt slightly slack but in the event of a sudden jerk it would work as normal.

 

[volsfan]

2 weeks (Not recomanded by Dr.)

 

[BillB]

Only 8 more days and I'm FREE! Is this what Paris Hilton is experiencing!

BillB

 

[PathFinder]

4

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Four weeks they said. Grrrr... It's long enough The reason is not the heart, but the sternum and the chest.

Ivo

 

[Adrienne]

Four weeks they said. Grrrr... It's long enough The reason is not the heart, but the sternum and the chest.

Ivo

I'm surprised they said only 4 weeks. I was told 6 to 8 weeks.

 

[Bina]

I was told 6 weeks, but I didn't drive.....much too sore and stiff.
At the time I owned a little Honda civic, very rough, so we traded it and bought more of a luxury model car (used) with power windows/ locks, electric seat, air conditioning, etc. May as well go to the hospital in comfort
Our pick up truck is bouncy but comfortable,with a straight back bench seat.