5 days post-op. Feeling AWESOME but slight fever

dustout · October 20, 2007

Hello,

I'm 5 days post-op and feeling awesome. Since the day after surgery pain has been extremely low, been feeling energetic, and great. The wounds are healing fine, hardly any soreness, not infected, red, or anything. Everything looks and feels perfect and well better than expected. However today I started flushing a little and feeling chills.

According to my thermometer I have a little fever. However, my thermometer has mostly proven to be pretty crappy and unreliable. I'm wondering if anyone else had this problem. I'm wondering if maybe I am just flushing from the lovenox and/or hydrocodone. I also had a little bit of diahrea today but it's (sorry) thickened up since then.

Tomorrow I'm going to have my friend pick me up a new thermometer and see if I actually have a fever or if I'm just feeling these weird side effects from the other medicines. I can't imagine much can be wrong with me feeling so great. I also have been able to get liquids down fine ever since surgery which seems to differ from other people. However, I haven't been actually hungry since surgery as I do seem to have some type of restriction.

I just wondered if anyone else had these problems before I go further into this. If I do have a fever I guess I will call doctor. I really hope I don't like have an internal infection somehow although I would think I would feel bad or sore or SOMETHING....

Today I worked on getting more fluids and Protein just in case I somehow am lacking since I've been pretty active since surgery.

Thanks everyone!!

Dustin

WASaBubbleButt · October 20, 2007

A slight increase in temp is normal after surgery, it's the body doing it's job. It is perfectly normal to have a very slight increase in temp after surgery.

Since your thermometer is not reliable you don't even know what your temp is. Take it and call your doc and ask his opinion.

dustout · October 20, 2007

Well last night I slept like crap and burned up even with a fan on me.... BUT luckily around 9am this morning I finally started feeling better and stopped having chills so I think my fever went away then. this morning my friend went and bought a new thermometer under the lounge... it's not showing 97.5. The bad thermometer is also a few degrees lower so it looks like I had a couple degree fever.

Thanks for the info about it being normal after surgery. I'm feeling a lot better. Hopefully I can get a nap in some time today to make up for sleeping so badly last night. :rolleyes:

KarenG. · October 20, 2007

i had a about 100 fever a few days after surgery. my doctor told me that anything over 101.5 is something to worry about. I would call and check in anyway.