Question 1

can you go to a tanning bed after heart surgery?

Accepted Answer

: What do you expect the tanning bed to do for you, other than increasing the risk of skin cancer? You can go, but it is not good for you.

Question 2

after open heart surgery are you able to lay in the tanning bed? if so how long after surgery?

Accepted Answer

Yes but should not!: Early on the scar may be affected badly and keloid.
In general tanning is related to skin cancers of all types.
Lying down is not the problem, burning is!, !

Question 3

iol lens shifts after surgery?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes: Most iol's remain in a stable place and position after cataract surgery.  Some might shift a little in position due to the biology of healing.  Occasionally there is a big shift which might require repositioning surgery.

Question 4

when can i drive after surgery?

Accepted Answer

When safe: Driving should wait until it is safe. Use of narcotic pain medicine affects driving and you should be not taking it if driving. You need to be able to control your car without pain or drugs interfering with driving. You should not endanger yourself, your passengers, pedestrians or other vehicles.

Question 5

when can i drink after surgery?

Accepted Answer

Ask your surgeon: This is an important question, one that deserves an answer from the surgeon. Postoperative diet advice depends on the type of surgery &amp; the type of anesthesia provided.

Question 6

appendix recovery time after surgery?

Accepted Answer

2-4 weeks: It depends on how bad the inflammation was, laparoscopic or not?, how long you waited prior to surgery .  Whether there was perf or not?  Still, in most cases you will go home in 1 -2 days, be in pain the first week, sore the second and then return to activities the 3rd or 4th week.  I know a surgeon who had it out and was back at work the next day.  Depends on how u deal with pain.

Question 7

why did psoriasis occur after surgery?

Accepted Answer

Koebnerization: Psoriasis flares are associated with stressful situation such as surgery. The koebner phenomenon (koebnerizationr) occurs when a new area of psoriasis develops in injured skin. For example, after a surgery, psoriasis may develop around the surgical scar.

Question 8

can i ues sauna 3 weeks after surgery?

Accepted Answer

Depends what surgery: You need to ask the surgeon or someone at the office because it depends on so many things we can't know.

Question 9

what is the best pain med after surgery?

Accepted Answer

Depends: What kind of surgery and what have you tried in the past that worked?

Question 10

is it normal to be itching after surgery?

Accepted Answer

Pain meds?: Are you taking pain meds after the surgery? If so, some can cause the itching, .

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