headaches?

I don't get headaches very often and I'm a real baby when it comes to them.

I've had a pounding one since yesterday evening and it just woke me up from a sound sleep. Even one of our fish is making too much noise for me.

Is this common after surgery? If so, any suggestions of how to deal with it?

- Nan

Hi (((Nan)))

Hormonal headaches are quite common post op. I used an otc progesterone cream which worked very well. Others have luck using estrogen. Hopefully these will subside soon for you!

Nan - I've had them too and posted a few times about them. Since it's so soon after your surgery, could it be caffeine-related. I had a them really bad when I was in the hospital until I was allowed some coffee. They went away for about a week after that. They are back though and it's one of the things I plan to talk to my dr. about. I'm not even getting much relief from ibuprofen.

It is very normal to have a headache from the medications they used to put you to sleep. Then add in the hormones & it can really hurt. I get migraines so I take Imitrex when it gets too bad but I do remember just having normal bad headaches for a while after the surgery. Make sure you are drinking enough water & walking a bit to keep things moving. I stopped taking the narcotics on day 3 because I found that when they wore off I always had a headache. My doctor called them rebound headaches. Hopefully you will start to feel better soon!

Thank you. I really do feel like such a baby about headaches. It's a relieve to hear they are somewhat normal. I'm a huge soda drinker, so that definately might have influenced things. I'll have to watch and see if the headaches seem to coincided with the pain pills

Are you drinking the soda again now? I was just wondering because I was told to stay away from anything with bubbles as it make gas pains a lot worse. The caffeine could have a lot to do with it. I know the pain medications can actually cause a headache but if you need them then you have to just hope it gets better.

Aren't headaches also a side effect of Estrace? I have a history of migraines too plus arthritis of the neck so it's hard to figure out what is causing these headaches - have had one daily for the last 3 days. I'm just over 3 weeks postop & exactly 3 weeks on Estrace.

I'm not on any HRT, so it's not that for me. I have used Estrace before though and didn't notice any headaches but I might've just been lucky.

I think I have heard that about Estrace, but my head is so blug right now I wouldn't trust any information that comes out of it.

Yes, I am drinking soda now. Now gas pains as of yet.

The headache is even worse today.

I think if this continues, I will call the doctor about that and the rapidly increasing bruising, just in case.

Yikes I would definitely get hold of the DR right away. Rapidly increasing bruising sounds worrisome.