Sick before surgery! Oh no!

Dec 06, 2010

I'm so sad to report that I'm sick and my surgery is coming up on Thursday. I woke up with a cough on Sunday and I went to the immediate care, hoping to get going on an antibiotic right away. There were literally 15 people ahead of me in the waiting room! I counted! Plus, it looked like a zombie movie in there, anyway, so I bolted. No sense taking a chance of getting something worse than I already had!

I went to my family doctor on Monday and he says I have bronchitis and put me on an antibiotic, a z-pak. I sure hope it does the trick. If they have to reschedule me, it sure won't be for my lack of trying to get well. Check it out: I've been pushing fluids, taking tylenol in the daytime, theraflu congestion at night. I'm also taking Zicam tablets (zinc) and vitamin C, alternately, every three hours. I also take my daily multivitamin. I'm knocking back chicken soup (no noodles - pre-op diet, don't forget!).  Finally, there are prayers and naps. I really, really want to have this surgery on Thursday.

I've read a lot about this on the OH forums, and it seems like some surgeons are very cautious about proceeding with surgery and others just require a run of antibiotics and do it anyway. Also, I've read from some patients that being sick didn't make a difference to their recovery (since you feel kinda crappy anyway) and others said it was a nightmare having to cough from a lung issue with the stomach wound sites still fresh. I sure don't want to get pneumonia, and there's a greater risk of that after general anesthesia, anyway. I haven't decided what to do yet. For now, I'm laying low and trying to get well. If I'm still sick on Wednesday, I'll probably have to call the surgeon's office and tell them, I guess. Right?

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