You may remain in the apartment until you are scheduled to leave Germany!! Make sure you have given yourself plenty of time to heal; because the flight back home can be an awfully long time to sit for someone who has recently had abdominal surgery!! You may want to stay in Germany a few more days - so that you will be more comfortable on the long trip home.
On your flight home, you will again have to adjust to the time difference!!
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2.) You WILL be asked to fill out a custom's form "while on your flight home."
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3.) When you find it's too difficult to sit during the flight, you are allowed to move to first class with no problem. In order to be able to do this, YOU WILL NEED TO GET A VERIFICATION SLIP from Dr. Korell - which states that you are a newly post-op patient and that you MAY NEED special care on the flight home.
The airline was very accommodating!! They will even have a wheelchair waiting for you at the terminal in the USA. If you are in a wheelchair, you (and the person accompanying you) will be able to go through a separate line for your immigration's check! It is MUCH faster; because lines are very long otherwise!! This was our experience in Chicago!)
Have a safe trip and ENJOY EUROPE while you are there!! You can't beat the hotel rates nor the fact that you're going to return home WELL!
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4.) When you return home, Dr. Korell wants you to walk!! This will help to keep any adhesions, which might have formed, as stretched as possible.