You will need to make flight and hotel arrangements. Please leave a phone number and an approximate time that you prefer to have Debbie call and the type of problem you are having. Making Travel Arrangements for Your Surgery You can use your own travel agent or book flight arrangements yourself, or alternatively, you can find low cost fares via the Internet Travelocity . Out of state patients undergoing surgery are usually here for about one week. On average, patients are usually off of work for one to five weeks after returning home and it will probably be a month or even two before you are feeling back to normal.
Patients usually fly in one day with the new patient visit and preoperative testing the next day.
Depending on your situation, surgery is usually scheduled for the following day. Depending upon what type of surgery is performed, patients usually need from a day to a week of post operative recovery before they are ready to fly home. Make hotel arrangements. Click here for a list of local hotels, web links, addresses and phone numbers. The prices listed are approximate and vary depending upon availability.