FOLLOWING YOUR PROCEDURE AT PACIFIC DAY SURGERY 

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 You should avoid:

• Driving a car until authorized by your doctor.

• Signing important documents (first 24 hours after a general anaesthetic)

• Operating machinery

• Drinking alcohol and smoking 

• Taking sedatives unless they have been prescribed for you after your surgery

• Any strenuous activity

• Looking after small children

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   In general, you should call your doctor if you have:​

• A temperature over 38 degrees or flu-like symptoms

• Redness at the incision area 

• Persisting or worsening of symptoms.

• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.

• Increasing drowsiness.

• Inability to keep fluids downs.

• A bad odour coming from the incision 

• Severe pain in or around the incision

• Any blood or drainage from the incision after the first 24 hours

• Unexplained leg pain

• Any other matter that worries you.

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​​​The next working day after your procedure, your doctor or a recovery nurse will call you to check on how you are feeling and answer any post-op questions you may have. If you have any concerns at any time after your surgery, you should contact your doctor directly.

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