One more Q!
Sorry.. I feel like I am blowing up the boards today. lol!
When the surgery is done, will I be on pain meds? That is really a Q I should have asked my doctor but it never crossed my mind. I do not really like pain medication because of how it makes me feel. But who knows, maybe I will gladly welcome it when I wake up. lol! I was just wondering.
Thanks for letting me question you guys to death! :)
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on 7/2/14 9:38 am
I was given a prescription for pain meds when I left the hospital. I didn't need it--just took some extra strength Tylenol since I wanted to be able to drive on my own as soon as I could so my care giver didn't have to stay too long.
Referred to Guelph, Dec. 3/12. Orientation: Mar 7/13. NUT/SW/RN Jun 18/13. Nutrition Class Jul 3/13. NUT/SW/RN Aug 19/13. Post-op Nutrition Class Dec 30/13. Approval for surgery from Dr. Jules Foute Nelong Feb 10/14. Surgery Apr 23/14.
Yes. I was on a morphine pump in the hospital and had a script for Vicodin when I was discharged. Talk to your doc about it. Certainly you don't have to use any pain meds if you don't want any... but I have a hard time imagining you wouldn't want some immediately post op.
Kelly
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Yes, it is likely you will likely be given pain meds while in the OR and after. Yes, you will welcome them. I received morphine and Toradol in the hospital, and Percocet tabs at home. I like to describe my experience in the hospital as the "morphine/Toradol haze". I was comfortably pain free, and a little sleepy in the afternoon post op, alert the next day and feeling rather mellow. It was glorious. It will be important to let your surgeon and the hospital staff know if you have had bad reactions to any pain meds (they will ask).
I hate pain pills, they make me itch, and I get nausea. But sometimes we need them.
Taking benadryl with pain pills helps with both side effects. But I still only take them if absolutely needed at night. ( my sciatica can flare up badfy).
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