OUCHY!!!

torrance said:

Ouchy
Hang on and like stated, stay ahead of the pain. My docs strongly recommended extended release morphine to be taken around the clock, so that it stayed in my system, so it wasn't chasing pain. However, honestly....I really don't know if it helped. When using the bathroom there was no way for me to believe I had anything for pain in my system. Maybe the pain the pain was there to a lessor extent during bathroom uses and I wasn't aware. I'm not so sure there would have been anything that could have helped short of knocking me out completely, not an option! Be careful to not just stop taking your pain meds. No one advised me of this and I ended up back in the hospital with severe withdrawl problems. No fun. I took an oral med for the itching, I can't even imagine trying to apply several creams. I used the silvedene as it is a preventative for infection, it offered no relief for me. I did sit on ice packs as needed.

Pretty much anything goes that offers you relief, sit in the tub every hour, alternate ice packs etc. Find what helps you the most.

Prayers,
Joanne

Dog Girl said:

Ouchy
THe oxy was like Pez candy for me as I had what the drs told me was the equivalent of second degree burns internally and externally. I ended up with fresh all new pink skin down there! I had to take the extended release morphine pills and then for about 9 days in addition I had to have the immediate release morphine pills every 4 hours around the clock. However, that kept me out of the hospital. Try the patch, but if it doesn't work, tell the doctor. They are going to work their way up based upon what relief you get, they are not (and should not) throw out the biggest guns first.

I did have withdrawal problems, but it wasn't from a high. I went off of the extended release cold turkey and I didn't sleep more than 2-3 hours/night. I tossed and turned and was basically like a fish out of water. The dr. told me my body had gotten use to it and craved it, but it was more important for me to get my rest to heal. Note that I never had a "high" from it. The dr. said if you have pain, you won't get a high from a pain med. We eventually weaned me off by taking only one er (extended release) pill at night, and then er for two nights and an Ambian for the third night; then er and Ambian every other night, etc... until I was off of all meds. I returned to work while still taking the er morphine at night and it wasn't an issue at all. (Important; remember that pain meds can cause constipation, so take stool softeners, etc... Even with all the pain meds, bms were still horrible, but I wasn't eating much then, so I usually only had to go once a day. Somethings you just have to grit your teeth and get through unfortunately.)

On to the the good news, you are going to feel so much better by your daughter's wedding; you won't believe it. You will probably still need to be very careful with what you are eating and drinking then, but the pain should have subsided by then. What a wonderful thing to anticipate in your near term furtue!

Dog Girl said:

Ouchy
THe oxy was like Pez candy for me as I had what the drs told me was the equivalent of second degree burns internally and externally. I ended up with fresh all new pink skin down there! I had to take the extended release morphine pills and then for about 9 days in addition I had to have the immediate release morphine pills every 4 hours around the clock. However, that kept me out of the hospital. Try the patch, but if it doesn't work, tell the doctor. They are going to work their way up based upon what relief you get, they are not (and should not) throw out the biggest guns first.

I did have withdrawal problems, but it wasn't from a high. I went off of the extended release cold turkey and I didn't sleep more than 2-3 hours/night. I tossed and turned and was basically like a fish out of water. The dr. told me my body had gotten use to it and craved it, but it was more important for me to get my rest to heal. Note that I never had a "high" from it. The dr. said if you have pain, you won't get a high from a pain med. We eventually weaned me off by taking only one er (extended release) pill at night, and then er for two nights and an Ambian for the third night; then er and Ambian every other night, etc... until I was off of all meds. I returned to work while still taking the er morphine at night and it wasn't an issue at all. (Important; remember that pain meds can cause constipation, so take stool softeners, etc... Even with all the pain meds, bms were still horrible, but I wasn't eating much then, so I usually only had to go once a day. Somethings you just have to grit your teeth and get through unfortunately.)

On to the the good news, you are going to feel so much better by your daughter's wedding; you won't believe it. You will probably still need to be very careful with what you are eating and drinking then, but the pain should have subsided by then. What a wonderful thing to anticipate in your near term furtue!