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Does anyone have throat infection after pit. Tumor surgery?
Hi all.
I am new to medhelp.
I had my pituitary tumor surgery 2 week ago. Surgery went well. Csf leak was there during the surgery which got repaired and i was put on lumber drain for 4 days. As days are passing i am getting well. But yesterday I started feeling that something got stuck in my throat. Because of which I have to do a lot of coughing. I think i have caught some throat infection. But its very scary. As doctors asked not to sneez and cough for 4 weeks. But its happening to me from past few days. Please tell me is it harmful to do coughing after surgery. And what can happen because of this.
Although i have started taking medicine for infection. But hardly there's any relief.
I am new to medhelp.
I had my pituitary tumor surgery 2 week ago. Surgery went well. Csf leak was there during the surgery which got repaired and i was put on lumber drain for 4 days. As days are passing i am getting well. But yesterday I started feeling that something got stuck in my throat. Because of which I have to do a lot of coughing. I think i have caught some throat infection. But its very scary. As doctors asked not to sneez and cough for 4 weeks. But its happening to me from past few days. Please tell me is it harmful to do coughing after surgery. And what can happen because of this.
Although i have started taking medicine for infection. But hardly there's any relief.
That depends and that is why the doctor (if you asked your surgeon particularly, better to ask the endocrinologist) has to answer. After surgery, things will settle. Depending on your tumor type, and where it lay and how much pituitary your surgeon had to remove... all that impacts your hormones.
You may have no issue, you may not be able to have children. I am blunt, but there is not telling now. Be healthy, take care of yourself and I hope things work out. I don't know what tumor type you had, do you? Did you get copies of your records and pathology?
You may have no issue, you may not be able to have children. I am blunt, but there is not telling now. Be healthy, take care of yourself and I hope things work out. I don't know what tumor type you had, do you? Did you get copies of your records and pathology?
Make sure you keep yourself humid. The easiest way is a bowl of salt water and a towel, heat the water (microwave) to steam and put towel over head and steam yourself often to open yourself up.
What they don't tell you after surgery is that scabs the size of your finger may drop out of your head at random times and it makes you feel like choking. So steam and be prepared to have giant things drop.
If you feel a sneeze or cough, open your mouth, so keep a towel with you to sneeze or cough on. If you sneeze or cough, you can get another csf leak.
Take care and rest, and hopefully the meds kick in soon.
What they don't tell you after surgery is that scabs the size of your finger may drop out of your head at random times and it makes you feel like choking. So steam and be prepared to have giant things drop.
If you feel a sneeze or cough, open your mouth, so keep a towel with you to sneeze or cough on. If you sneeze or cough, you can get another csf leak.
Take care and rest, and hopefully the meds kick in soon.
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Ummm..... scared....
See i got married last year in april. And now i am worried about having a baby.. will i ever be able to conceive? A big question. Asked my doctor about the same. But he literally ignored and said he will tell when i have to think of having a baby.
Will i ever be able to conceive?
And its quite personal but i seriously want to ask when will me and my husband be able to intimate again?
Will i ever be able to conceive?
And its quite personal but i seriously want to ask when will me and my husband be able to intimate again?
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