Shortness of breath/ light headed

[Sweetthing 8]

Hey all!
I just had surgery on Wednesday. Surgeon said everything went great. I find now, on day 5, I’m out of breath and lightheaded. Also the cramping is still so painful. Any tips or recommendations??

[Lynda486 784]

Please call your surgeons office for advice. Let us know what you find out please!

[AJ Tylo 1,399]

I agree call doctor

But You may also be de-hydrated, Those are signs of dehydration. But I am not a doctor just seems obvious

[KarenLR75 515]

1 hour ago, Sweetthing said:

Hey all!
I just had surgery on Wednesday. Surgeon said everything went great. I find now, on day 5, I’m out of breath and lightheaded. Also the cramping is still so painful. Any tips or recommendations??

Call dr immediately. The shortness of breath is concerning.

[Slownstedy 210]

1 hour ago, KarenLR75 said:

Call dr immediately. The shortness of breath is concerning.

Could be a clot in the lungs . go to A&E or E R or at least call Dr immediately . SOB IS A REAL RED FLAG !

[Slownstedy 210]

3 hours ago, Sweetthing said:

Hey all!
I just had surgery on Wednesday. Surgeon said everything went great. I find now, on day 5, I’m out of breath and lightheaded. Also the cramping is still so painful. Any tips or recommendations??

Could be a clot in the lungs . go to A&E or E R or at least call Dr immediately . SOB IS A REAL RED FLAG !

[bigdaddyff 4]

Call doctor asap if not go to local emergency room. Sounds like dehydration and that could be as dangerous as anything else.

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[Sweetthing 8]

Thank you all so much for your support! I went to the emergency room and they said the shortness of breath was actually just pain from the tube being down my throat during surgery, thank god! Got some morphine and resting now. Thank you all so much❤️❤️

[Slownstedy 210]

42 minutes ago, Sweetthing said:

Thank you all so much for your support! I went to the emergency room and they said the shortness of breath was actually just pain from the tube being down my throat during surgery, thank god! Got some morphine and resting now. Thank you all so much❤️❤️

So glad you're ok. Sorry if my panicked post frightened you. Best wishes from Santa Barbara Ca. It might snow wed! lol Keep checking back.

[Sweetthing 8]

On 11/25/2019 at 4:54 PM, Billy Bob said:

So glad you're ok. Sorry if my panicked post frightened you. Best wishes from Santa Barbara Ca. It might snow wed! lol Keep checking back.

Thank you so much! Better to be frightened than dead😂

Edited November 26, 2019 by Sweetthing

[Losingit2018 1,170]

I had this post op. Using my spirometer to exercise my lungs helped tremendously. I am day 5 today and no more lightheaded/ shortness of breath.

[lvidacovich 372]

13 hours ago, Losingit2018 said:

I had this post op. Using my spirometer to exercise my lungs helped tremendously. I am day 5 today and no more lightheaded/ shortness of breath.

Yup! If you don't have one then focus on breathing in slowly as much as you can and filling your lungs to capacity. Do this a couple times an hour while you're aware. That's really all the incentive spirometer does.