Did anyone else experience a hot face in the first few days after surgery? I feel like I am burning up, but temp is normal. Is this odd???

I always am flushed when taking pain meds.

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Call your doctor.

I haven't yet been banded, but when I had ankle surgery in 2010, I had a reaction to my opiate-based pain meds--like hot flashes, with sweating, but no fever so it wasn't an infection. Once I got them to change my pain meds to non-opiate based, it went away instantly. Note to self: tell my surgeon that I can't take opiates.

You need to call your doctor. It could be an adverse reaction to a medication given to you at the hospital or one you're on now, your blood pressure could be too high, or a number of other possibilities.

It's always better safe than sorry, give your doc a call.

I have been OK mostly today. It was worse yesterday so I wonder if it was a med from the hospital. His office was closed today, but if it happens again I won't hesitate to call the on call doc. Thanks.

Someone is on call 24x7 ya know???

I called him and he said it is not related to the surgery ( but I never had it before). He doesn't know what it is. I guess I just wait and see.