breath smells and I feel grim. What are chances of post op infection?

[Yorkiegirl]

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Yorkie. Get the temp checked out.

Hi donut im a pharmaceutical rep and qualified technician in some cases tramadol can be classed as a strong version of pain relief,but isnt anywhere near morphine sulphate sorry hun, i would say yg after a week,you still have inflammation you need to see your gp, i think there is a possibliity there is an infection present but dizzle came up with a good idea antiseptic mouthwash should help you through the night.

Have you been monitoring your temperature Yorkie? If it's up then that would be an indication of infection.

Have you got any extra help at home in case you feel really poorly tomorrow?

poor you - you must be feeling vile!

hope you feel better soon yg xx

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Do you think it was just 'debris' black, stringy red stuff or was it sloughy? green, slimy??? sorry if TMI!!! There's a lot of debris after these ops, were you advised to eat toast and stuff to 'scrape' the wound clean (if not don't, it's been years since I did ENT and then it was paeds)

do you have a post-op point of contact at the hospital? They may agree to see you rather than the GP, but get an appointment anyway just in case, you can always cancel.

Do you have a thermometer? The best way of knowing if you have an infection is to take your temperature. Anything over about 37.5 degrees might suggest infection. Hope you feel better soon!

In all this toing and froing about meds etc I forgot to say sorry you're feeling crap and I hope you feel well soon, I am a crap nurse aren't I???

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YG - call your doctor first thing tomorrow.

they will know more than most of us on here. sorry you're feeling bad - why not call out that nice emergency pumber again & tell him he needs to come & twiddle your taps?

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OK, I'm going out on a limb, Yorkiegirl, you have an infection and you need to see your GP first thing, whether you have to go down there or not, I'm sorry, I'm sure it's not what you wanted to hear, you'll be on the way to getting better once you get some antibiotics into you!

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If it makes you feel any better, they wouldn't have given you any because of the overuse of AB's you'd develop a resistance to them, we don't even give AB's to people who've had major cardiac surgery!

Anyway....how are you today?

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hhmmmm I'm suprised at that (pleasantly) esp with your temp.... out of interest nosiness what did he/she give you?

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you may feel nauseous watch out for it! good luck!

How are you feeling now Yorkie?

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my dd got an infection after she had her tonsils out - she had ALOT of bleeding. This is what we were told to look out for after the op.
Hope you feel better soon