TAH 12 days post-op hysterectomy: Chills, Nausea, Blurry Vision, Shakes, and FREEZING. No fever.

Ok sisters...three hours ago 630 pm(ish) I started feeling faint, shaky, nauseous, dizzy, freezing cold woth chills and a massive headache. I thought my sugar was low, just a guess cuz I'm a nurse, so I ate some pudding and drank some Coke and ate a PBJ sandwhich.
No relief. I feel supper jittery inside. Not much pain. No pain meds today. No signs of infection at abdominal incision. Purplish scant vaginal discharge earlier. No odor. No burning when I pee. Temp 97.4. Heart rate 80s-90s. Can't check my own BP, I don't have an electric cudd at home. Breathing is paced. Not breathing too heavy. Just feeling weird. Tried to talk to on call MD and they aren't familiar with my case so of course they said go to the ER for tests for infection. Anyone have any words?

I have had bouts of feeling nausea, dizzy, etc. and the headaches started about 2wks post for me. are your bowels moving regular? And I am no Dr or anything but someone told me to eat salty and it helped. I am thinking it has something to do with out of wack hormones

I had the same symptoms as you but I need up passing out! Please get checked asap. I ended up having and abscess near my right ovary and spent 6 days in the hospital. I had it drained and was given antibiotics. Please don't wait too long.

I've had all of these but not all at once. I did have a bladder infection. No pain or anything. Just pressure.. I ended up taking 2 lots of antibiotics and the infection left.. I did get dizzy today but I think as I've started driving a little (I'm about 18 days post op) and suffer from vertigo, I think my head just started spinning! I'm still getting sweaty (I think hot flushes).. My body feels really weird at times too. Again no pain either.. I hope you are ok!

How did they check for the abscess?
I saw my Dr last week and he just pressed on my belly in places. He said possible low iron... But didn't seem very concerned. My levels were good before surgery but haven't been checked after?

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Originally Posted by pshtexas I had the same symptoms as you but I need up passing out! Please get checked asap. I ended up having and abscess near my right ovary and spent 6 days in the hospital. I had it drained and was given antibiotics. Please don't wait too long.

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Originally Posted by sandrabees How did they check for the abscess? I saw my Dr last week and he just pressed on my belly in places. He said possible low iron... But didn't seem very concerned. My levels were good before surgery but haven't been checked after?

When the Dr pressed my stomach there was paid. So I had to get a ct scan done with contrast. Which means I had to drink a drink and have contrast put into my iv.I am anemic but that was not the cause if the abscess.

Thank you for your reply. That does give me a bit if peace of mind as my Dr pressed everywhere and no pain for me. Glad they found that and were able to help you!

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Originally Posted by pshtexas When the Dr pressed my stomach there was paid. So I had to get a ct scan done with contrast. Which means I had to drink a drink and have contrast put into my iv.I am anemic but that was not the cause if the abscess.

You're welcome! I hope you heal quickly!

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Originally Posted by sandrabees Thank you for your reply. That does give me a bit if peace of mind as my Dr pressed everywhere and no pain for me. Glad they found that and were able to help you!