Question:
sick just 2 days before surgery
i think i have a cold or maybe allergies. i have decided to go through with my surgery and now this happens . had anyone gone through this before their surgery??????????? i need to take something but i didn't want to before surgery.help? — jenjen7 (posted on April 7, 2008)
April 7, 2008
You need to notify your surgeon ASAP as they might have to re-schedule you
if you are sick. Best of luck to you!
Ana
— nursevilla
April 7, 2008
same thing happend to me 2 days before my RNY mine was October 31, 2007 I
took comtrex took em every 4 hours and still went thru with surgury they
said as long as you dont have a fever and it all worked out good luck and
prayers are going up for you ..Kaye
— angelscent
April 7, 2008
They usually will not operate if you are sick...My surgeon had me on ZiCam
nasal spray just to make sure I didn't get even a sniffle. There is not
much you can do but let a cold run it's course and tell your surgeon
now...Your body needs all its defenses to heal you after surgery and with a
cold you could develop pneumonia in your lungs from the anesthesia...
If you have a cold...meds will only relieve symptoms and not heal a
cold...I don't know about allergies...but it was my understanding that the
only meds that I needed to stop were aspirin since it is a blood thinner.
Everything else I stopped three days before surgery day. Talk to your
surgeon!
— .Anita R.
April 7, 2008
I would call your doctor and ask because you aren't to take anything right
before your surgery. However, you anesthesiologist will make the final
determination. Be prepared for a postponement if your cold is progressed.
— redlilies
April 7, 2008
Working in the operating room I can tell you that most hospital policies
will not allow surgery if you are sick (unless emergency/life threatening
of course) You need to be well in order to heal properly plus your
respiratory system needs to be healthy to make anesthesia safer. CALL YOUR
SURGEON NOW! better to know know know if it has to be rescheduled than to
go through the preop day, show up for surgery and have it cancelled by
anesthesia. Best of luck and don't worry they will do what is best for
you.
Cheers Mike
— mikiej72
April 8, 2008
Call your surgeon. They will tell you what to take and if it will be OK to
go ahead with surgery or do it a week or so later.
— William (Bill) wmil
April 8, 2008
The problem with this is if you have a Bacterial infection like Strep
throat and it is left untreated prior to surgery, well you can imagine how
catastrophic that could be. I had a friend that had wisdom teeth removed
while having undiagnosed Strep Throat and he was in the hospital for 3
months and almost died. The Bacteria got into his blood stream from the
teeth being pulled and he developed Toxic Shock Syndrome. The Doctors said
it was a miracle he survived. TELL YOUR DOCTOR. He may want to put you on
antibiotics prior to your surgery.
— Annie P.
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