FREAKING OUT!!!!!!!

I am getting a cold and my surgery is Wednesday!!! Any suggestions????

Depending on what you've been told to do (liquid diet?)  I'd take vitamin C, eat chicken noodle soup and  REST!!!!! 

Good luck and let us know.

That is my biggest fear getting sick and not getting the surgery on time, go figure we are going to be cut open and our fear is a cold. :) Good luck with it. 19 more days for me.

My RNY is Nov.21st and I am catching a cold too....I know I have more time, but I am doing Zicam, drinking a ton of liquids, and staying in bed...Also nice hot steamy baths.


I hope you feel better soon

I had a cold 2 weeks before my surgery. I took vitamin C and chicken noodle soup and I was ok for the surgery. I had that nasty cough with my cold. Hope you feel better.

 My surgery is Nov. 4th and I'm getting a sore throat.  I went and purchased some chewable vitamin C and it helped it immediately.  Chicken broth and rest.  Hang in there!!!


Dianne

I agree with the suggestions for vitamin C, rest, lots of liquids.  Also, practice good hand washing!  My office-mate at work has been sick / coughing all week, so I've been taking extra vit C for prevention!

My surgery is on the 6Th and I had my pre op yesterday.  I woke up yesterday with a bad sore throat.  And the Doctor also commented on how red my throat looked. The good news is that I passed my preop blood work.  I read that drinking  1- t apple cider vinegar, 1 -t lemon with ho****er and a dash of cayenne pepper should help. So I have been doing that and it seems to be helping the sore throat anyway. If nothing else it numbs it. But be prepared it does not taste very good. I think I will be OK because I have 5 more days and today seems a little better than yesterday.

Good Luck!
Teri

This was brought up at my nutrition class and my surgeon said that unless you have a fever the surgery can go forward even with a cold.  He said if your temp is over 100 then the surgery has to be postponed.  So, hopefully you don't have a fever and won't get one!  Good luck!

Thank you all for your support!!! I will rest and hopefully be ok by Wednesday. I hope you all are well and all our surgeries go well this month! What a great month I hope it will be for all of us.

Thanks again for all your well wishes and info!

Robyn