post surgery infections - diagnosis/treatment?

[sahuaro]

Yes, thanks, Maria! I am just about to schedule a routine colonoscopy and never thought about the possibility of infection--something else to get anxious about! But now I know why the nurses wrapped me in those cozy, warm blankets after my shoulder surgeries!

K L Aguilar: Your experience sounds really frightening--and such an awful way to enter the postpartum period with your new baby. Do you think that your surgeons are more watchful now with any other procedures/surgeries, given your history, or that their care provided for you is just their standard?