So upset. I thought I had allergies (well I do, but I thought that's all I have) but now it's turned into a full blown head/sinus cold. And I'm supposed to go for my pre-op blood work tomorrow and have surgery in 2 weeks!!!! I can almost guarantee my surgery is going to be rescheduled, and I'm so upset about it!!!! I was trying so hard not to get sick, and I had a bad feeling this would happen, and here we are!!!

it might be over in two weeks - or do yours last longer than that? Plus they may still do it - you can call and ask...

14 minutes ago, catwoman7 said:

it might be over in two weeks - or do yours last longer than that? Plus they may still do it - you can call and ask...

But I have to do blood work tomorrow. Won't me being sick show up in the blood work (CBC - thinking elevated wbc might make them call it off)

4 minutes ago, Future Sleeve Diva said:

But I have to do blood work tomorrow. Won't me being sick show up in the blood work (CBC - thinking elevated wbc might make them call it off)

If its just started maybe it wont be to elevated. Hope you get to feeling better soon

24 minutes ago, Crisscat said:

If its just started maybe it wont be to elevated. Hope you get to feeling better soon

Thanks. I'm sure it'll be cleared up before surgery (I'm buying ALL the medicine tomorrow) but I just need my blood work to come out ok. Ugh. So annoyed that this is even a thing...

Don’t take any of the cold meds before your blood test but I would tell them you have a cold. They often add notes to their paperwork when you have the test & they might add this information too. Also let your surgeon know you have a cold. They may get you to have another blood test the day before or of the surgery to compare results.

All the best.

Edited April 20, 20224 yr by Arabesque

1 hour ago, Arabesque said:

Don’t take any of the cold meds before your blood test but I would tell them you have a cold. They often add notes to their paperwork when you have the test & they might add this information too. Also let your surgeon know you have a cold. They may get you to have another blood test the day before or of the surgery to compare results.

All the best.

I'm not taking anything before the blood test, but I'm picking some up on the way home from it lol This all started with allergies. I have such bad allergies that they almost always make me really sick. About 7 years ago, I got pneumonia from bad allergies (they turned into bronchitis which became the worst pneumonia I've ever had). I hate allergies. And living in Colorado, you never know what weather you'll get. Wake up and it's spring, it's summer by lunch and winter by dinner. So dumb.

I had a cold during my pre-op and there were no issues. I just had to be cleared up before surgery.

Good luck, I hope it clears up fast.

No your cold/sinus issues won't show up in the blood work. Drink some Emergen-C each day for the next two weeks to be in your best health going into surgery.

Cold meds will not make your cold go away faster. They just mask the symptoms. Get tested for COVID just to be safe.

I wouldn't worry too much!

Good luck!

3 hours ago, lizonaplane said:

Cold meds will not make your cold go away faster. They just mask the symptoms. Get tested for COVID just to be safe.

I wouldn't worry too much!

Good luck!

I already had a covid test. Negative. I had alpha strain and omicron, so I knew it would be negative, and it was. It all started from allergies. My blood work was good, and my surgeon's office said they see people with allergies all the time and it's fine. They listened to my lungs, looked at my eyes and nose and throat and said it looks and sounds like bad allergies (3 of the office staff there are really going through it with allergies right now). So that made me feel A LOT better. i have 13 days to get this cleared up, so I'm just gonna believe it'll be good to go by then.

5 minutes ago, Future Sleeve Diva said:

I already had a covid test. Negative. I had alpha strain and omicron, so I knew it would be negative, and it was. It all started from allergies.

You've already done your covid test for surgery?? Im not allowed to do mine until 2 days before surgery!

5 hours ago, Crisscat said:

You've already done your covid test for surgery?? Im not allowed to do mine until 2 days before surgery!

No, I did one when I got sick, just to be sure. I don't do it for the surgery until the day before (I'm assuming, nobody has even mentioned it to me at all, tbh).

43 minutes ago, Future Sleeve Diva said:

No, I did one when I got sick, just to be sure. I don't do it for the surgery until the day before (I'm assuming, nobody has even mentioned it to me at all, tbh).

LOL I wondered ?

On 4/20/2022 at 2:21 AM, Future Sleeve Diva said:

Won't me being sick show up in the blood work

Shouldn't do, no.