post surgery question about pain meds

Hey Kari!
Glad we both made it out of surgery well! about meds, for last one and this one i start on a pain pump of morphine that I can push every 10 mins. That was my main control of pain. Then they switch me to oral meds. Last time it was Percocet which is what they sent me home with but it made me feel weird (nauseous, lightheaded) so I may ask for some different oral ones this time. I start oral tomorrow and should be discharged but right nowt it's still on pain pump. Once I got home I didn't need my Percocet much and just Tylenol would control my pain. Don't know if that answers your questions, but just wanted to give my input of how my pain management was for both surgeries. Best of luck, hope you're feeling well!

The "D" pain med is probably dilaudid. I had that in a pain pump after a couple of my operations. I seem to recall using a grand total of one time. I didn't have a lot of pain after the operations, but it sure put me to sleep really fast. I was also given dilaudid on a couple of ER room visits when I had blockages. I can attest that it really helped ease the pain almost immediately.

As for the Oxy, I steer as far away from that as I can. I took one dose after my first operation after I was released and it made me violently nauseous. That's not a good thing when you still have staples in you and a bag on your abdomen. I think it, in part, led to one of my blockages. So, after I was re-released, if I had any pain (and, as I said, the pain was pretty minor), I just toughed it out. In fact, for a later procedure I had to have done, I skipped the pain meds entirely and, believe it or not, was accused by one of the doctors of lying about my level of pain. LOL.

My brother-in-law also was prescribed Oxy. He had to go through daily radiation therapy for a cancer that had affected the back of his nose and throat. When he took the Oxy, it really made him feel psychologically strange. He got very combative, so a few of us took him aside and explained to him what he was doing and we got him off the Oxy.

I agree 100% with ks1905. A lot of the pain you'll get will be abdominal gas pains that are best handled by walking and walking and, then, walking some more.

Best of luck!

Thank you guys,

I was sent home yesterday evening, as some places just want you out. went home with oxycodone and nausea medicine and two antibiotics hope to finish today. i have taken tylenol this morning and will listen to the coninued tylenol theory. Dont want to be on strong oxy but if no choice will take it, trying to walk but obviously cant talk and write so will take a break from writing and will walk until my next post in a few minutes.