Linda, hang in there!
I wore a soft neck brace for 3 months after a thoracic redo. Not fun, but "keep your eyes on the prize".
Find out which anesthetics that were used in your surgery and look at previous records when your did not have dry heaves for what was used. Tell the anesthesiologist that you want meds for nausea early, often, and a lot.
Keep healing....thinking of you!
Susan
Adult Onset Degenerative Scoliosis @65, 25* T & 36* L w/ 11.2 cm coronal balance; T kyphosis 90*; Severe disc degen T & L stenosis
2013: T3- S1 Fusion w/ ALIF L4-S1/XLIF L2-4, PSF T4-S1 2 surgeries
2014: Hernia @ ALIF repaired; Emergency screw removal Spinal Cord Injury T4,5 sec to PJK
2015: Revision Broken Bil T & L rods and no fusion: 2 revision surgeries; hardware P. Acnes infection
2016: Ant/Lat Lumbar diskectomy w/ 4 cages + BMP + harvested bone
2018: Removal L5 screw