Need advice

[LMolina1987 75]

Ok my surgery is on Monday and out of no where I have a killer tooth ace. Great time right I jnow we can't take pills but im in pain and wanted to know if its ok to take liquid tylenole with codeine that I got for after the surgery?

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[WL WARRIOR 692]

I would postpone your surgery if you are having a toothache, especially if it is infected. A tooth infection can negatively effect a newly cut stomach. The infection can transfer from your tooth to your incision through saliva. This is what my bariatrician told me and I had to postpone my surgery until I got about $1000 worth of dental work done. Most toothaches are the beginning of an infection, since a small cavity is an infection in itself. My clinic will not let you undergo surgery if you have cavities.

[xlawman 23]

Hello everyone... went into surgery yesterday. I am now home. Since the 3rd of this month to now I have lost 22 lbs. Doctor took me off all meds except two Diabetic pills. He said within a short time I should be off them too. Question he told me to stop my vitems untill I see him on the 28th but I have heard from several pople to stay on them. Any input about this??? Thanks

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Hello everyone... went into surgery yesterday. I am now home. Since the 3rd of this month to now I have lost 22 lbs. Doctor took me off all meds except two Diabetic pills. He said within a short time I should be off them too. Question he told me to stop my vitems untill I see him on the 28th but I have heard from several pople to stay on them. Any input about this??? Thanks

I would follow your doctor's advice. When you are in the hospital, your IV is full of Vitamins do you will be fine for quite a while.

By the way, you may get more responses to your questions if you start a new thread in the appropriate forum with your specific question, rather than asking in another thread on an unrelated topic.

[xlawman 23]

Thanks Inner Suffer Girl... New to this site and wasn't sure how to start. How do I start a new thread?

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Thanks Inner Suffer Girl... New to this site and wasn't sure how to start. How do I start a new thread?

I post from my phone so this is how I do it.

Go to the forum that matches your question (ex. Post-Op Sleeve) and click on the dots on the top right-hand side of the screen. I think one of the options is Start A New Thread.

I am doing this from memory so may not be completely accurate.

It also helps if you are as specific as possible on the subject line.

Give it a try.

[xlawman 23]

Thanks!!

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

I would postpone your surgery if you are having a toothache, especially if it is infected. A tooth infection can negatively effect a newly cut stomach. The infection can transfer from your tooth to your incision through saliva. This is what my bariatrician told me and I had to postpone my surgery until I got about $1000 worth of dental work done. Most toothaches are the beginning of an infection, since a small cavity is an infection in itself. My clinic will not let you undergo surgery if you have cavities.

I agree. A toothache seems harmless, but can be a BIG thing. If your doctor has an on call line, call them ASAP. It may be disappointing to be this close and have to postpone, but you don't want to risk complications.

[LMolina1987 75]

I would postpone your surgery if you are having a toothache, especially if it is infected. A tooth infection can negatively effect a newly cut stomach. The infection can transfer from your tooth to your incision through saliva. This is what my bariatrician told me and I had to postpone my surgery until I got about $1000 worth of dental work done. Most toothaches are the beginning of an infection, since a small cavity is an infection in itself. My clinic will not let you undergo surgery if you have cavities.

There's no way I can until Monday I was told to still go and talk to my surgeon. But we will see. I might just prospone it

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[LMolina1987 75]

I would postpone your surgery if you are having a toothache, especially if it is infected. A tooth infection can negatively effect a newly cut stomach. The infection can transfer from your tooth to your incision through saliva. This is what my bariatrician told me and I had to postpone my surgery until I got about $1000 worth of dental work done. Most toothaches are the beginning of an infection, since a small cavity is an infection in itself. My clinic will not let you undergo surgery if you have cavities.

I agree. A toothache seems harmless, but can be a BIG thing. If your doctor has an on call line, call them ASAP. It may be disappointing to be this close and have to postpone, but you don't want to risk complications.

And u called the on call line and I spoke to someone taking over for him. I'm just going to have to go on Monday and speak with him. And yes I know so close and now this pain decides to happen ????

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[LMolina1987 75]

The pain was coming from a crown my dentist put in last month

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[LMolina1987 75]

I know the pain did stop

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[WL WARRIOR 692]

Hey, you might be okay. You just never know. I wasn't in any pain either or have cavities. I just have a few broken teeth in the back that I never did anything about because they never caused me trouble. My plan was to get the surgery and work on alleviating my co-morbidities (diabetes, high blood pressure). It was only until that was accomplished that I had planned on getting any dental work done. My teeth actually looked healthy when I smiled and the teeth in the back caused me no pain, so I didn't see it as a big deal.

My bariatrician just happen to ask about my dental health during a consultation and I told him about a few broken teeth that I had planned on fixing next year. Broken teeth are considered an infection, which I didn't understand at the time. He then explained that I couldn't schedule surgery until I got a clean bill of dental health from my dentist. I WAS FURIOUS! To me, this was just a way for my dentist to require lots of expensive dental procedures so that he could make money. After my dental x-rays, he suggested dental work that was going to take over three months to complete and over $1000 even with dental insurance. I begged to just have them all pulled out and put dentures in, but they wouldn't do it. I guess my teeth in the front were in to good of health to pull. Once again, it was just a way for the dentist to make more money, in my opinion.

In the end, I had to get a lot of teeth pulled to get a good bill of dental health. I still need to get a partial put in the back because I still can't chew meat worth a darn. It's just something that I keep putting off.

Good Luck to you and I hope that your problem is easy alleviated.