Its just my luck, that i am coming down with a cold and my surgery is in less than 48 hours. I am doing the liquid diet and i am having a hard time. Last night i finished off the remainders of a bag of potato chips. I feel like such a failure. I cant wait till after the surgery, when i wont feel so hungry any more.

I hope my surgeon does not cancel my surgery due to the cold.

I think as long as you arent running a fever then you should be fine.

Gargle with warm salt water a several times a day for the next couple of days...should help, but I don't think it should be a problem as far as the surgery goes.

Good luck!:party:

You could have that feeling because your body is detoxing...i know that every time i start a new diet my body does that... just drink lots of water and hang in there...

I had my white blood count elevated in my blood test and needed to be put on antibiotics before surgery and retest 5 days pre-op. ughhhhh

I had a cough (the remnants of a sinus infection) at my pre-op a week before the surgery and the anethesiologist told me it would be better to push it back a week. She said you want to go into surgery in your best shape possible.... I completely freaked out and went to my PCP and he was like, your lungs are clear....PROCEED. I had my surgery as scheduled - the only down side for me was that I still had a little cough after which was not exactly fun with the incisions - but it turned out fine. I don't think a scratchy throat affects anethesia at all - but just rest and take care of yourself. It will all work out beautifully!