TOPIC: airplane ride home after pmma first round

I am flying out tomorrow morning for my first round of PMMA for April 2, at 11:00 with Dr C. I am staying at the Marriot April 3, for a full day of recovery and massaging then leaving April 4, My question is - I will have an extremely long trip home about 10 hours from leaving San Diego to home with a 3 hour layover in Denver. Do you guys wear your extender on the way home? Will it hurt me as far as retraction by not wearing it the second day after surgery. If you do wear it - is there any metal on it going through xray machines and metal detectors?

Also, is there anything specific I need to bring that I can not get there?
I hope all this is not in the wrong thread? I am extremely nervous. I have a very low tolerance for pain. And I\'m terribly mortified by needles! Wade mentioned maybe bringing some pain ers, I live in a very small rural town and my General Practitioner Dr. does not know I am having this procedure so there is no way I can get anything from him for anxiety or pain.

I have read just about everything I possibly can in this Forum, enough to feel confident to proceed. But I am having a hard time remembering where and specifics at the time of reading that I thought was good advice in order to increase my odds of this being successful. That being said if you guys could forgive any redundancy if posted in other specific places, but I would be grateful for any advise at all.

Thank you to all the men that have taken time to document their experiences so that other might benefit!

good luck. i can\'t speak from experience but it seems like keeping it under control for 24-96 hours is crucial. i think everyone on this board will appreciate both before/during/after pics and detailed recounts of your experience.

again, goooood luck! kinda jealous.

I\'ve had two procedures and stayed the same number of days after the procedure as you both times. One more day is probably better but probably not a big deal. When I had mine they didn\'t give extenders so I just wrapped it in an extended state with gauze etc to try to keep it stretched. I would definitely wear the sleeve on our way home unless they tell you otherwise. I might even suggest a Cialis for the flight home to keep the blood flowing down there. I had similar travel time as you...sure would be nice to live near by. I checked on it in the restroom frequently, massaging, etc. Good luck.

Oops, just realized this post is old and you\'ve already had the procedure.