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Hey everyone!
I gave birth via C-section about 40 days ago. This was my second baby and my second surgery. I actually got discharged from the hospital on day five, but literally the next day, I ended up back in the cardiology ward because my blood pressure spiked to 170/110 and my heart rate dropped down to the 40-45 range. After running through the whole gauntlet—blood work, eye pressure tests, an echo, and even a chest CT to rule out a pulmonary embolism—they stabilized me with Tertensif SR and Diovan 80. My numbers finally leveled out, and they sent me home on day eleven. The doctors basically chalked everything up to my body reacting to the delivery, the surgery, and the Bromergon I had to take for some nasty mastitis. I just redid my blood work yesterday, and aside from some mild anemia, everything looks fine except for my CRP being at 102 and ESR at 66. Since I didn't sleep at all the night before the draw, and since the pain around my incision was way more intense than usual during those first few days—plus the skin around the cut looked pretty red—I'm wondering if that could be driving these high numbers up. Honestly, I feel pretty good otherwise and haven't had any major issues. I haven't made it to my OBGYN yet because my period started right around the same time. Plus, my cardiologist warned me against getting an abdominal ultrasound right now; he said I shouldn't have anyone pressing on my stomach while things are still healing because of the risk of internal bleeding.
I ended up with orders for three different tests: a urine culture, a urine cytology, and a fecal occult blood test. I'm honestly feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all. What do you guys think? Given that it'll take a while for my period to pass, then get the tests done, and then wait for results... how worried should I be? Could all of this just be inflammation from the tissue around my incision site?
I gave birth via C-section about 40 days ago. This was my second baby and my second surgery. I actually got discharged from the hospital on day five, but literally the next day, I ended up back in the cardiology ward because my blood pressure spiked to 170/110 and my heart rate dropped down to the 40-45 range. After running through the whole gauntlet—blood work, eye pressure tests, an echo, and even a chest CT to rule out a pulmonary embolism—they stabilized me with Tertensif SR and Diovan 80. My numbers finally leveled out, and they sent me home on day eleven. The doctors basically chalked everything up to my body reacting to the delivery, the surgery, and the Bromergon I had to take for some nasty mastitis. I just redid my blood work yesterday, and aside from some mild anemia, everything looks fine except for my CRP being at 102 and ESR at 66. Since I didn't sleep at all the night before the draw, and since the pain around my incision was way more intense than usual during those first few days—plus the skin around the cut looked pretty red—I'm wondering if that could be driving these high numbers up. Honestly, I feel pretty good otherwise and haven't had any major issues. I haven't made it to my OBGYN yet because my period started right around the same time. Plus, my cardiologist warned me against getting an abdominal ultrasound right now; he said I shouldn't have anyone pressing on my stomach while things are still healing because of the risk of internal bleeding.
I ended up with orders for three different tests: a urine culture, a urine cytology, and a fecal occult blood test. I'm honestly feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all. What do you guys think? Given that it'll take a while for my period to pass, then get the tests done, and then wait for results... how worried should I be? Could all of this just be inflammation from the tissue around my incision site?