Freaking out!

[OKSleever 144]

I woke up with a sore throat this morning, surgery coming up on Tuesday. I figured it will have run its course by then, but just in case I called my surgeon's office to see if they had any suggestions to speed up healing to make sure I'm good to go. They took it really seriously and now I'm stuck waiting to find out if my dr is going to postpone surgery!!!!! It's driving me crazy, I feel so prepared to do this on Tuesday; I will be devastated if I have to wait ;-( Sorry just needed to vent, will keep you guys updated.

[kari61 128]

Oh no, I hope they don't postpone it for you either! I've been so worried about that myself, that would be just my luck..I'm getting sleeved in less then 2 weeks and everyone at my work is coming down with something and I'm so worried I will get sick right before my surgery! Best of luck to you..

[ISleevedIt 380]

Get lots of rest and I hope Tuesday is still your day! Good luck!

[Shrinkingmom 218]

Coldeeze and Airborne. They are just zinc and Vitamin C and really work to speed up getting over this kind of thing. Good luck!

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[TES 858]

400 mg of ibuprofen plus a regular strength tylenol work wonders on sore throats for me b/c you have the pain/inflammation combo that way. They are probably worried about intubating you with a sore throat but hopefully it will resolve quickly. Hope you feel better soon!

[moregoodtimes 331]

400 mg of ibuprofen plus a regular strength tylenol work wonders on sore throats for me b/c you have the pain/inflammation combo that way. They are probably worried about intubating you with a sore throat but hopefully it will resolve quickly. Hope you feel better soon!

OP.. Please do NOT take ibuprofen until you speak to a doctor! Its an nsaid and most of us are not supposed to have them.

[OKSleever 144]

They sent me to an urgent care to get cleared for step; they said if my strep test is negative I'm good to go but if its positive we have to postpone. They swabbed me so now I'm just waiting!!!!

[TES 858]

OP.. Please do NOT take ibuprofen until you speak to a doctor! Its an nsaid and most of us are not supposed to have them.

good point! sorry! I figured she wouldn't do anything without checking with the surgeon first, but this is a good warning pre-surgery--thank you.

[moregoodtimes 331]

good point! sorry! I figured she wouldn't do anything without checking with the surgeon first' date=' but this is a good warning pre-surgery--thank you.[/quote']

Yeah...was just afraid in her zeal to improve that she could cause a surgery delay since its scheduled so soon.

[OKSleever 144]

Thanks for worrying about me, but I already had the ibuprofen thought and immediately realized it would be a bad idea I was negative for strep but did have an ear infection. They started me on antibiotics for that and said I would be good to go by Tuesday. All's well that ends well I guess!! Thanks for the help all

[moregoodtimes 331]

Thanks for worrying about me' date=' but I already had the ibuprofen thought and immediately realized it would be a bad idea <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I was negative for strep but did have an ear infection. They started me on antibiotics for that and said I would be good to go by Tuesday. All's well that ends well I guess!! Thanks for the help all <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

Oh good! Feel better soon... Youve got something big waiting! And glad you knew about nsaids.... You cant assume on here! You never know how educated about this process the person is thats posting! Best wishes!

[Thistlegirl 20]

Oksleever - I could have written your post. I too am going in on Tues and have a sore throat and headache right now

I'm heading to bed now with plenty of fluids and some cold/flu meds.

It better be gone by tomorrow grrrr!

Hope you're feeling better asap. xx

[TES 858]

Oh good! Feel better soon... Youve got something big waiting! And glad you knew about nsaids.... You cant assume on here! You never know how educated about this process the person is thats posting! Best wishes!

Well, it's not like I am uneducated about the process...lol! A lot of surgeons require you to stop NSAIDs 4 days before surgery, but it's really up to the surgeon. I was sharing my experience about what helps my sore throats and just assume everyone would of course check with the surgeon before doing what someone else does, but hopefully that goes without saying.

Sounds like all's well that ends well for you, OP--good luck with your surgery!

[pantala 125]

This would so happen to me! I'm getting sleeved in less than a week and crud is going around at work so I've bumped up my Vit. C. So far, so good.