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Shan5311    36

Shan5311
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I have my surgery scheduled for next Monday March 16th and my three year old has a cold!!!! Woke up this morning with a slight sore throat!! So scared I'm going to be sick and have to reschedule my surgery over a little cold!! We are flying a friend in Thursday and my husband already scheduled his leave to start this weekend!! Sooooo stressed!!! Help !!!

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Djmohr    6,965

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Try taking some airborne, it might help keep the worst of it away.

So sorry this happened but you definately don't want to have major surgery when you have a cold especially if it effects your respitory system like most colds do.

Hang in there and let's hope it goes away fast!

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goodnuff    239

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Same issue here. Woke up with a productive cough the last two days. Normally I'd push the Airborne but I was told to not even take my daily Vitamin this last week before surgery so I'm not sure if I can do my norm. Guess we both need to rest and push fluids and hope like heck we don't get more sick. Good luck.

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Crosby    303

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I had surgery with a cold. I let the nurses at the hospital and surgeons office know 3 and 4 days before and they said as long as no fever I should be fine. On surgery day They made sure my lungs were okay and no fever. The cough made the first two days much more difficult but I survived.

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Shan5311    36

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Thanks everyone!! Going to keep up with fluids and rest as much as I can with a toddler!! I have 6 days to get over this- so far not too bad, just a mild sore throat and tired. I always have a cough but it's not productive. Hopefully things will work out !!!

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Focused1103    36

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It has to be anxiety Cuz my surgery is on 3/16 and yesterday I woke up feeling like I was sick. Just Pray man. Take the Meds until Friday I hope ur good.

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Shan5311    36

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Surgery went great!! Was very nauseous for the first 30 minutes or so in Recovery Room but that went away quickly with meds. The hardest part about the whole thing was being NPO until Tuesday night- nothing at all by mouth!! I have never been so thirsty in my life!!! Ian was at a minimal. Walked the halls several times a day while in the hospital- Dr requires walking at least every 4 hours while awake! Unfortunately my blood sugars have been really high since surgery. The surgeon took me off my pump in pre-op and didn't want it back on while in the hospital. So now that I'm back home, working with my Diabetic Educator to lower my sugars. Other than that, I'm feeling great!!! How's everyone else doing ?

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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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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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