Well this is awful!!! Help!

Tell your nurse about it and they likely able to give you something stronger. The pain is bad especially on the first couple days, and it will be a lot better after day two. I find walking works the best for me, 10/15 mins every couple hours (make sure your nurse says your are ready). My ipad did a good job distracting me from the pain. Try to use pillows to keep yourself from moving to minimize the pain while sleeping.

Don't worry, the worst part is over. Good luck and speedy recovery! 

CCope81 said:

I've had morphine, dilauded and Percocet and nothing is helping.

All it has given me is a headache.

Ccope81,

-can be really bad. Everyday will get a little better with maybe a bad day in between.

Icemantoo

CCope81 said:

Did anyone get a good concoction?

Anything that works? 

CCope,

Too much pain killer is not a good thing. Also talk to the doctor (not just the nurse) to make sure there are no other issues. What was that about being back to normal affter 12 days? Healing takes a while.

Icemantoo

So sorry hon. BUT is it that GAS I mentioned? It IS very, very painful and most meds cannot touch it because its outside the intestinal track. It does last for a few days..

MOVEMENT helps. Also are you using ice? I thought you had the robatic/laproscopic incisions where ice really help.s

Keep us informed. Hope you get relief soon.

HUGS, Jan

They will give you morphine. Wave  that pain goodbye. It will pass, I promise you.

see if you can ice. Not your incision but your back. Sounds crazy but might work. 

BE AGGRESSIVE with your REQUESTS for additional support for pain management. 

Actually, I remember bits and pieces...the pain was horrible. Could not be managed.  I remember that people were there visiting, and I was hot and in pain.  I tried to watch a baseball game, but could not.  I would hit the pain button, get relief, fall asleep for (what seemed like) hours, wake up in agony, and discover I had been asleep only about 2 minutes, and I three minutes until I could get more meds.

I am really sorry it is like this for you.  I will say, it gets better.  For me, by day three, I was at a manageable level of pain (i.e., not 100% agony).  By day I0 was off the good pills, home, and moving a bit.  And was allowed to drive (once I was off the pills).  

Dilaudid and morphine didn't work for pain for me post-op.  Everybody's body chemistry is different - so they need to work with you to find out what works for YOU.  It's a process.

During recovery they had to give me a combo of diaudid and toradol (Intravenously only) in order for me to get any relief.  It is my understanding that Toradol is hard on the kidneys though and they use it sparingly and only for a short time period.  I've no idea if it is available for non-IV use.  Within 24-36 hours post op, I was usually fine with percocet alone - and then percocet only at night within a couple more days.  Don't really like pain meds - so only use them if I can't stand the discomfort - which is often at night.

Good luck and make sure they give you options so you can determine which work best for you.

The worst pain I felt was in the right shoulder from the gas, I had a hard time trying to get comfortable, sorry to hear you are suffering with pain.

Hope your pain is lessening. I've been worrying about you, if thats any help. I'm trying to remember my first day after the op. I know I was under the knife for 14 hours (it got complicated). I remember drifting in and out of consciousness. My family visited me three times and I remember one. 

I was on a morphine drip which was set to give me painkillers exactly 30 minutes after I really wanted them. I guess I remember the relief more than the pain it relieved.

I also remember being visited by Helena Bonham Carter, Kiera Knightley, and a woman who was either a nun or a Valkyrie. Thinking 'better safe than sorry' I screamed at her until she went away. I'm fairly sure none of that happened.

Anyway, get better, and I hope you're feeling better already.