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Anyone else had a crash after a surgical procedure?
I’ve been using Visible app a couple weeks now and for 2 days running I’ve started the day with a 4 out of 5 rating indicating my body is trending toward in balance and that my pacing is good. I’ve had some 2/5 and 3/5 mornings and can feel the difference. Two days ago I had mohs surgery on my face (2 places for skin cancer). I was 4/5 that morning and 4/5 yesterday morning. When the numbing agent stopped working and pain kicked in , been using Tylenol, etc. Started really feeling it last night and this morning I’m a 1/5 and the app is warning me to really rest as I’m way out of balance. Feels close to a crash. My activity levels haven’t been much different over the past few days and I normally move around the house good, lots of stairs, normal bathing, cleaning up kitchen, etc. The fatigue is usually bearable as long as I don’t try and walk the dog, help vacuum (I do try to dust for my wife), etc., and if I take targeted rest periods. I believe the stress on my body from the surgery (42 hours ago) and perhaps my screwed up system getting upset my numbing agents etc. Anyone else out there had a crash or mini crash after a minor surgical procedure?
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How long did the fatigue last? I had a colonoscopy with no issues. I had a cracked tooth pulled and 2 days later I was exhausted. Today is the 7th day. Please let me know if you are better. I went back to the dentist and he cleaned up the extraction site today. He has no idea why I still have fatigue.
What symptoms do you have with your flare?
Extreme exhaustion, sleep over 10 hrs still tired, muscle pain and spasms, migraines again and I had got those down to maybe one maybe two a month now I’m having about 2 to 3 a week. My vision has gotten worse. Blood pooling in my hands and feet has gotten worse. My tachycardia has increased. My blood pressure has went back up and I know part of that is also due to me being in pain, but this is months out and it’s still going on. I’m on my way to my cardiologist now . extreme sweating with the slightest thing just sweating. It’s more symptoms too in the flare up. I’ve been keeping a log to show to my cardiologist, my neurologist and my primary care physician.
Hi. I have been living with Long Covid since early 2020. How were you and your doctors able to pinpoint your symptoms to the vaccine and not due to Covid? Curious because I have been wondering how many of my issues are from having Covid alpha variant in March 2020, and how much due to the vaccines I got after? I tend to attribute them to the Covid virus attacks on my body. My fiancé (who was sick at same time as I-same variant) attributes his to the vaccines. How are you doing now? Have you found relief?
Came here to ask the same question. Relieved to see that I am not alone. I had a colonoscopy 5 days ago and I still feel more extreme fatigue than my “new normal” and the aches and pains in my joints a bones have worsened again. The gastroenterologist said the whole procedure went well but she did remove several polyps for testing. I had an endoscopy same time. Anyone know why this makes recovery time worse?
Yep. I've had long Covid since late 2023. Just after Christmas 2024 I broke my wrist badly and had to have surgery to fix it. Before that, my pattern of symptoms tended to be on-and-off: I'd have a bad week and then a good one, or a bad few days and then a good week. Or a bad few days and a good few weeks!
Since the op my symptoms are constant: fatigue, headaches, migraine, aches and pains, breathlessness etc. The other thing that happened was that I was in Recovery for 3 hours because my BP spiked to 200 (I've never had blood pressure problems before, either post op, or in general)
I contracted a random virus last week, and now my BP is constantly elevated, and I've just started medication to lower it.
Before I had Covid, I was a healthy 64 year old with no underlying health problems.