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Surgery with a cold?

Women's Health | Last Active: Jul 28 6:32pm | Replies (16)
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@klm67

I have a chronic cough and I'm having a hysterectomy on Aug 8th.
I'm worried about how to control the cough during recovery, I know it's going to be painful!
I take Tessalon pearls, which help with the cough. You could ask your Dr to prescribe some for you.

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charlotte12 | @charlotte12 | Jul 28 4:02pm

I still had some coughing going into surgery, but I was assured they could control it during anesthesia, after surgery I was given tylenol, ibuprofen and oxycodone for pain, in rotation, it controlled the pain from
surgery quite well, to support pressure when coughing, I was given a small foam pillow to hold against my belly,
ask for pillow wedges if you need support for you tailbone, which caused me quite some discomfort/pain from
having being on my back for several weeks-

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