Anesthesia

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Does anybody else break out in fever and bad chills the night after surgery? This has happened after every surgery I've ever had. Not just the Band related ones, but any time I've gone through semi-major procedures.

Last week, after port removal, I had a bad run of the shakes that were so violent I thought I might go into seizure. It only lasted a minute or so, but my chest gets to shaking so bad with chills that I wonder if anyone else did this. I always seem to sweat it out when I sleep that night and am better by morning, but when I get up to go potty in the middle of the night I have another episode - just can't get warm.

My secretary just had an emergency appendectomy and thought she was getting the flu the night after her surgery, she couldn't stop shaking and had to stay an extra day due to the fever.

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Yep, that sounds like me. Did they figure anything out? I had a little more of the same type of fever & sweats last night. I wonder if it has something to do with pain medication, or shock from the pain. I was in horrible pain last night, like my girl parts are gonna explode (low and left.) Today the pain finally migrated to under my belly button, so I wonder if that's an eggy trying to get through all the drugs and swelling since my cycle starts on or around the 5th.

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Dr. Billy answered this question for me. He said it's because during surgery, I was on a ventilator that breathed for me. When they remove the ventilator, my lungs have to work on their own. But I never seem to breathe well after surgery. I tend to breathe shallow. They always give me the little machine to exercise my lungs, and I use it. But I need to use it more and take deep breaths both in and out to get my lungs working again. This time was even worse cuz it hurt my incision to breathe.

to my oldest child too. He always has to stay when they do little same day procedures. They always tell us it will be 2 hours- but we always have to stay. (He is 4 years old). This does not happen to my little girl though)

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Jane

mom to Colin, Melea, Adrian and Miranda
wife to Eric

330 (highest)/278 (surgery)/150 4/1/06)/ 150 (revised goal as of 8/5/05)

first fill 2.6 ml 9/04
fill totally removed 12/16/05 (and didn't gain a pound over holidays!!!- but oh those winter duldrums!!)
current fill 1.8 ml to regain a little control!

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