How Long After Surgery Did You Take Pain Meds For?

[Capt Derel 287]

Catracks. Shhh dont say that to loud. The man might see you.

I just know that next month After they bring me to my hotel I am walking to a pharmacy. I am getting some hydromorphone or dilaudid as some know it by. I want to have it on hand because some peoples stories say "it wasnt bad" to others "I felt like I was dying". If imma die in Mexico i dont wanna hurt while doing it

Lmao I know yall say wtf is up with that guy. Hes nutts !!!

I just take control of my life by grabbing the bull by the horns while saying you either do it my way or imma dye trying.

I say congrats to all the people that didnt take the meds. But if your in enough pain I have seen people that swore they would never touch drugs eat half a bottle of lortabs due to a kidney stone.

Just saying its nice to have a failsafe

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[Lissa 2,631]

Capt Derel, You ARE nuts, but that's okay around here!

Cattracks, If you find someone to give that oxy to, let me know, cause I have a whole, unopened bottle of Loritab liquid.< /p>

I took pain meds the first day/night in the hospital, 3 or 4 doses. After that I dared the nurse to bring anymore into the room! I don't like narcotic drugs and don't like being that far out of control. I'd have killed for a dose of the loritab the night I got home, but I couldn't figure out the metric to english conversion for the dosage, so I went to bed instead. As I said above, I never opened the bottle.

I have a pretty high pain tolerance, though. After my c-sections, they gave me a shot of something in the hip and then I took myself off the pain meds after a day. I STILL have knots in my upper hip area where they gave me those shots, one in 1986 and one in 1990. That's some crazy stuff!

[Catracks 865]

Catracks. Shhh dont say that to loud. The man might see you.

Just saying its nice to have a failsafe

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I should have put a after that! I was just blessed to be close to pain free, What I had was discomfort and like others, I hate narcotics. For those who are in pain it lets them rest so they can heal. For those who are just uncomfortable, it may cause more problems that it's worth.

[silvertaurus 18]

I had a lot of complications and a lot of pain for a very long time. I probably took liquid Vicodin around the clock for five weeks ( except for when I was on Dilaudid in the hospital). I worried my doctor would think I was trying to abuse meds, but he never batted an eye. Now I'm generally on one Percocet a day on average for back pain. I'm hoping when enough weight comes off this will go away also.

[KristieAtkinson 589]

I came home with liquid lortab after my surgery. I took it for one day & weaned myself off. I had two c sections so the pain from the sleeve was minimal compared to those. I think this is a personal decision based on your personal pain tolerance. But don't be a hero. If you need it, ask for it. Hope you feel better soon.

[Masko5 74]

I guess I was lucky I never took any pain meds. I would say take the meds if you have pain but if you don't have pain or it's just a tolerable discomfort don't take anything. Best of luck!

[DonRodolfo 1,416]

I was prescribed percocet for pain after my surgery. It was a script for 30, taking one or two every four hours for pain. I have called in for one refill (have to call the dr, because the script is for no refills), and I will refill at the pharmacy today. Still, this script will only get me through Tuesday, which will be one week exactly from my surgery date. I feel apprehensive about calling for yet another refill at that time (if I need it), because I dont want them to think I am taking advantage of the situation.

How many refills did you get on the pain meds? Did you take them for more than one week?

Thanks for all for the advice!

I was prescribed a bottle of liquid hydrocodone to take every 6 hours as needed and I did. By the time I ran out I was able to take liquid Tylenol and that worked fine for a couple days until I needed nothing.

Don't be ashamed or afraid to ask for a refill on pain meds. Everyone experiences pain differently.

[Stef 264]

I took 5mg of oxy the night after surgery (in the hospital) and the next night (at home) just to get to sleep. After that, I didn't take any.

[dork 114]

I refused them the next morning after surgery. They made me so tired that I didn't want to walk and I really had no pain. I have not taken any since and my surgery was 5/30. Every one is different. I usually have a very low pain threshold. I was amazed at how good I felt.

[caitlinrose88 8]

Everyone's pain will be different. I have been taking lortab (crushed in yogurt be the liquid was too nasty) every day for my first week post op. I had a great deal of pain in the hospital also. Every day gets better and i find myseld cutting back on the amnt needed everyday..

but you know your body so you have to judge if your needing the pain meds still and if you are that is ok! There is nothing wrong with that! I talked to my nurse today and she said it was completely normal to still be in some pain a week or even 2 out. Some will and some won't just make sure the pain you are having is from surgery not from getting too full or eating too fast! Good luck and I hope you feel better soon

[Lina12 3]

I had no pain meds. Not in the hospital and not at home. I did take an Aleve on the day I went back to work' date=' but just once to make sure I could make it through the day. That was one week post op and I didn't need it.

My pain was more like soreness, I walked a lot in the hospital as soon as I could and felt fine by day 4. Your mileage may vary![/quote']

Wait a minute! I thought we couldn't take NSAID medications

[taurabird 142]

Only take tylenol, no aleve or advil.

[chinamama 104]

liquid lortab one week. Tried to cut it down in the hospital but the pain got away from me, it was bad!! As soon as my drain came out I was good!