Hysterectomy Question about after care

aprillorey said:

Hi thanks for the advice i
Hi thanks for the advice i will call my OBYGN and ask if he can get me in to another doctor, see my mother was hooked on drugs and pain pills she is a drug head so i made my mind up when i was a little girl i would never ever take pain pills or meds no mater how much pain i was in or drugs because it distoryed our family

so i dont drank i dont smoke i dont do drugs how ever after this Surgery the pain was so much that i took pain pills for the 1st time ever so i dont see how he would think i would be addicted to them lol

but he does say he wont give me any more after what i have is gone i think its bull crap he has only seen me a few times other then that he doesnt want to see me in his office i see him in close to 5 weeks now for a check up then radition starts other then that he doesnt see me at all turly

i was told that DR DEB Turner was the best in des moines how ever she was jamed PACKED so i had to see DR jay Carlson ( if i spelled his name right ) in her office and he just joined her in JAN of 2010 so hes new to her office and im not liking him at all

he smiles like all the time so u never no what he is thinking at all lol


my husband said maybe he had Sugery to make him smile all the time like that then made a joke and said he looked like the joker from batman lol


i mean the nurses in the office is wonderful but this doctor is crappy i tried to research him i dont fine much on him
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but ya im gonna try to swtich i cant get in to the ob until next week so hopfuly he will do somthing

Pain meds are so constipating.
The longer you stay on pain meds like Percoset, the more problems you will have with constipation, as the meds continue to depress your bowel system. That may be a big part of why your oncologist thinks you need to get off them and use over-the-counter pain relief. I cannot over-emphasize how important it is that you not get constipated during your treatments. I lost one of my 'chemo-lounge' buddies to this. When your platelets are low, straining can cause internal bleeding; and when your white counts get beaten down it is so very dangerous to have any tears inside the bowel that can get seriously infected. That's not a pretty way to go, and your oncologist may have constipation at the forefront of his decision. (((hugs)))

And with the scar tissue and adhesions from the big surgery we all have, we all need to be pro-active about our bowels. The good thing is that, if you can stay away from pain meds and eat a high fiber diet and drink 64 ounces of fluid a day, and then take stool softeners if you ever go a day without a BM, you can usually stay on top of this and never have issues with it.