Surgery with a cold

[kortolano 100]

My Husband and I are having surgery Friday in Mexico. Lastnight he started with symptoms of a cold. No fever but coughing and his throat hurts (i think from coughing) will they still do surgery?

[banditchic 83]

Oh no...I'm so sorry. This is one of my fears right before surgery. I would like to know too....

[Sleevealicious 43]

I had a cold on the day of surgery, got it the night before surgery. I asked my surgeon and anesthesiologist and they said they would still do it but it was up to me. I was already there, so I figured I might as well if it won't be a problem. I assumed when I went in for surgery they would tell me to go home, but nope! (This is in the US)

However, I did end up with a leak two weeks later, unknown reason, but definitely wasn't from anything I did. I doubt the cold had anything to do with it, but it is one of the things that I wonder about...

[srs82781 83]

Try to get some cold eeze sugar free zinc lozenges. Or some of the zicam that you can swab the nose with! I have been loading up on vit C and zinc to prevent anything before surgery and it usually helps with the first onset of symptoms! Good luck!

[Facing50 21]

I had a slight cold and cough and the doctor said that they would do it unless I had a fever and was coughing up mucus. I was nervous about the cough in particular, I just thought that it would be really painful.

Everything was fine, I sailed through recovery and had no issues at all. The cough was no worse after surgery than before, and although it was uncomfortable to cough with the stitches it was not intolerable.

[novam vitam 117]

it's usually anesthesia's call..., and that just depends on the doc and how they were trained. It would be worth a phone call to your coordinator before you get on the plane but it should probably be fine.