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OMG I'm Sick Before Surgery!

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CatLady0626    45

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....my surgery is scheduled for Friday,January 18 and I've got sore throat, painful and productive coughs, and possibly a fever (will check when I get home from work tonight).

I'm fairly certain that if my surgery get pushed back I am going to kill my husband, who so lovingly shared his germs with me! Okay, not kill, but I will be quite disappointed :-(

If this thing doesn't blow over by Monday I will be calling my surgeon to see what to do! Everyone be careful and make your sick friends and family go away if you are nearing your surgery date!!! Lol

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Maddysgram    6,159

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Sending good thoughts & prayers for a super speedy recovery! Calling your surgeon is a good idea.

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CatLady0626    45

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Thanks ladies. As a hospital employee, I have had my flu shot, but they aren't always effective. I'm hoping this all goes away quickly!

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FLORIDAYS    3,040

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You still have some time....think positive!

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Maddysgram    6,159

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I've been worried b/c reports coming out that they might be cancelling some procedures b/c of flu epidemic.

I have a procedure coming up on Jan 23, yikes!!!

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Jenilou78    31

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I was sick a week before surgery and called my surgeon. I got an antibiotic 5 days presurgery and had a slight cough the day of, but since they give you IV antibiotics I was 100% the day after surgery, just made sure to do extra breathing exercises to make sure it didn't come back. Don't lose hope!

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I've been worried b/c reports coming out that they might be cancelling some procedures b/c of flu epidemic.

I have a procedure coming up on Jan 23' date=' yikes!!![/quote']

I work at a major hospital in the Boston area and we got an email that some elective surgeries may be postpone.

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CatLady0626    45

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Thanks everyone! I'm feeling okay, no fever today so far. Thinking positively!

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rosstheboss    21

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I had a bad respiratory infection before surgery and we just pushed it out a month. Call your Dr. you might go on an antibiotic or just wait a bit. Good luck to you.

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JARS517    54

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Congrats on being able to have your surgery! Hope you get to feeling better soon! My surgery is on Monday. :)

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CatLady0626    45

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Congrats on being able to have your surgery! Hope you get to feeling better soon! My surgery is on Monday. :)

Yay! Good luck! Enjoy your final "before" weekend ;-)

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ladybabie3    109

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Hey catlady im in the same boat feel a cold coming on no fever and my surgery is Monday ugh

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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