I feel like I've been pretty lucky the last week and a half. No horrible post-op symptoms. Until today. I had previously said that the worst headache of my life was the day after surgery. I take it back. Today I had the worst headache of my life. Yesterday I started feeling a little bit different. It's hard to put my finger on what was different exactly, but my legs started swelling up again, my face got puffy, and I magically gained 3lbs overnight. I had a mini panic attack thinking that the Cushing's was coming back, but after some deep breaths I had a new theory. Low sodium. It is another very common complication after any kind of pituitary surgery, and I had been warned MANY times about the signs to look for. My sodium levels were initially high after surgery, then dipped to the lowest of the normal range and have been hanging out there for the past week. It is typical to experience a sodium drop 7-10 days after surgery. Here we are! An 8am stat lab draw p
(Formerly known as Life with Cushing's)