surgery pain and meds
o.k. it was over 2 yrs ago but, what i do remember is that i had someone stay
one night with me at home after my open rny. i took liquid tylenol with codeine,
tylenol 3 if i remember correctly. i never finished the bottle. basically i
didn’t hurt much just was very very tired, not sleepy, just tired and laid low
for several days. at the end of the first week home i was bored. i stayed home
the full 6 weeks so i could do my freaking out about trying to eat when i wasn’t
hungry alone. i got a good rest and a grip on things and was able to go back to
teaching high school rested and at least functional. 6 months later i had both
my knees replaced 6 weeks apart. the first knee did not hurt, it was more an
absence of pain almost immediately. the pain meds where there and i took them, 1
full prescription that i took mostly at night to sleep. the second knee hurt
like an sob, for a week, they hit some nerves. somehow after doing so well with
the other surgeries, the pain actually surprised me so it got out of control
fast. when i caught up to it i stayed on the pain meds through 2 and a half
perscriptions until i was reasonably sure it was over, about 2 weeks. the next
summer i had a hernia repair, tummy tuck and full hysterectomy at the same time.
in 1 day less than three weeks i flew up north to a wedding and was so tired i
could have cried and still on pain meds at night.
so the point of all of this is that not only may your mileage vary from person
to person but from surgery to surgery. i like to think of it like the first year
of eating after surgery. what agrees with you one day might not the next day.
every experience is different so don’t try to second guess it. be prepared to
take meds if you need them and to slack off if you don’t. believe me, your body
will give you loud and clear clues.
jmho
ida
324 /150/157 and holding nicely, i blame the hormone patch for the 7 lbs that
have accumulated all in my butt,lol.