hello, I had surgery 1/20/11, and starting that night, I started running a fever. They ran test and everything came back ok, so they let me come home. Sense then I've been running a low grade temp, the highest it's been is 99.5 sense I've been home, and it still scares me. I have no other problems or leekage, Does anyone else have this problem? I'm just concerned, and a little scared.....please help me with any advice you may have...thanks in advance!!!!

Vita~~

Sometimes postoperatively you will run a low grade temperature if you are not doing good breathing exercises....make sure you are taking good deep breaths at least 10 every hour while you are awake, and if you can cough. This moves all the secretions up and out of your lungs that could cause a postoperative pnuemonia. I hope this helps!

hello, I had surgery 1/20/11, and starting that night, I started running a fever. They ran test and everything came back ok, so they let me come home. Sense then I've been running a low grade temp, the highest it's been is 99.5 sense I've been home, and it still scares me. I have no other problems or leekage, Does anyone else have this problem? I'm just concerned, and a little scared.....please help me with any advice you may have...thanks in advance!!!!

When do you go back to get a post-op check? If it is soon, talk to the surgeon about the fever. If it is not soon, call the surgeon's office.

Something to note - your normal temp may actually be 99 so you might not be running a fever. I know someone who has a normal daily temp of nearly 100. Until she tracked it for several days she didn't know that was her normal temp and people always thought she was sick.

Monitor your temp several times a day for several days and see if that's your norm. You may also want to call your doctor's office and ask them what your temps have been when you've been there.

ditto to what Acadia stated. I would not consider 99.5 a fever unless your normal temp runs low (97ish).