colds when sleeved?

[KarenF1972 78]

Has anyone had a cold at the time they were supposed to be sleeved? My date is October 14 and my husband and several co-workers have had colds. I have been trying to avoid getting a cold because I am so scared they will postpone surgery (again)! Anyone have any experience with this?? Thanks! Karen

[beautysleeve559 69]

Hi Karen. I was sleeved in September 15th and I experienced a bad cold for a week and a half up until 2 days before surgery.. u had a running nose, sore throat, ear ache..you name it I had it. It was very hard to get rid of considering you are limited on what you can take before surgery. But Dayquil became my best friend and helped me some. I doubt the doctor will cancel your surgery because of it though, but if u do get sick days before surgery I recommend letting them know and see what they say about it

[S(he) be(lie)ve(d) 151]

My surgery was Sept 8th. At my 3 week post-op mark, my kids brought home head lice. I had to clean like a freak, do massive amounts of laundry and treat & check 3 heads, plus mine. My hubby just shaved his hair. Lol! I paid for it by over doing it and actually ended up taking some pain meds I had left over, plus some valium from having my hiatal hernia repair done at the same time, as well. Because I over did myself, I ended up getting sicker than a dog with a nasty head cold. I had been down for 4 days and completely exhausted. I could not function. Then my 8 year old comes home with a concussion. Oh dear God! I am at wits end. I literally cannot handle anything else right now. My husband has been a saint thru this whole thing. I ended up calling my Nut because I was having extreme pain in my left shoulder on my collar bone when I would eat. It would last for 15 minutes afterward. She told me to take a step back in my foods and go back to really soft mushies. October 7th, my birthday, would have been the day when I can eat normal foods. My nut said it is a referred pain from my hiatal hernia repair. My esophagus is enflamed, as well as my hiatal hernia repaired area. So, eating won't be as easy again until the swelling goes down and the coughing settles down too. I also have to increase my Protein in take to 100g and no less than 64 oz of Fluid everyday. My body is trying to still recover from surgery and is also really trying to fight a nasty cold. So, it doesn't leave me with much of anything to have any energy at all. I am grounded to the couch for another 2-3 days to recover. I've already been there for 4 days. I think I've grown roots already. Ha! I hate just sitting/laying down doing nothing. But, I also feel horrible. I've also been advised not to go to a funeral that is out of town for obvious reasons. Either have to take care of getting myself feeling better and stay on the down low or end up in the ER. So, I am being a couch potato and sprouting roots. Being sick with the sleeve in the 1st month of recovery makes everything about 10 time harder. Trust your doctors and keep healthy, even if you have to post pone. Hopefully, my light at the end of the tunnel will appear in the next couple days. I am so anxious to not be sick anymore and just focus on becoming the healthy me again!!!

[crystalbpg 14]

I am having my surgery one day after u on the 15th. I got a nasty cold this week. It was in a way a little bit of a blessing starting the liver red diet. Cause i was stuffy and so miserable with the cold the diet has not been bad at all.

Had all my pre surgery testing done yesterday and they said if the cold turns worse to tell the surgeon. I know I am getting better not run down as much as the last 2 days.

I hope you can avoid the cold it would not be fun to be recovering from surgery and be sick in the meantime.

Good luck on surgery!!!