New Member/ Surgery Oct 6th-age 49

[wendyh]

Night sweats and sleeping naked

Hi Ginger,
I am coming up on 3 weeks-I just got home yesterday. The night sweats are so unbelievable and I have to get up and change too. I have decided to put an xtra sheet under me and just sleep naked. At least I won't have to get up in the freezing cold here in Ct and change at 3 am.
I think it is dilaudid that is doing it. I tried to be a hero and take advil yesterday and last night was the first time I had no sweats. But I guess that is the price to pay for relative comfort.
I took my first walk today down the street. It was about a 10 minute walk. I felt pretty good. No muscle spasms. I hope my muscles are beginning to get used to their new homes.

wendy h
Surgery Oct 6th 2008
47 degrees to almost perfect
home and hanging in there
check out my attached xray!

[loves to skate]

Hi Wendy,
I was on oxycodone and I had night sweats also. It could be because you had major surgery also, it kind of upsets your internal thermostat. Are you sure you should be taking Advil? It is an anti-inflammatory and I was told not to take anything other than tylenol as anti-inflammatories interfere with the fusion process. Please check with your Doctor before you take anymore Advil. Better to have a few night sweats than to compromise your fusion. This too shall pass.

So glad to hear that you are home. I bet your little one is happy to have her Mommy home. I'm glad you were able to take a 10 minute walk. I ended up getting myself a used treadmill since my surgery was in December and it was way too cold and icy last winter to walk outside. Today is a nice day for a walk, but it will be getting colder and colder soon here in the northeast. Take good care.

Sally

[wendyh]

night sweats

it's so true about the 3 week night sweat marker. I was positive it was the medication but today is the 3 week mark and the sweats have been markedly diminishing.

[titaniumed]

Hi Wendy

Congratulations! Sounds like things are going fine.Welcome to the forum.

I had the sweats so bad, I floated downstream and docked at the local marina!

I believe the "sweats" have to do with the anestesia in the fat cells. It can take some time to rid this from your system. My sweats went on for about 3 months, as they had me on a respirator for about 6 days and I was on percs for 5 weeks. I was also freezing all the time! Im amazed it didnt turn to ice, I could have had a serious wreck! With all the earthquakes we were having out here, who knows what could have happened!

dangerous stuff. Im glad its over! LOL

Ed