I miss my pain meds!

[SleevedSmurf 18]

I had a great experience with my sleeve. Not much pain and thankfully no nausea. I just had a little incision pain and lots of gas. But today, I ran out of my liquid Vicodin and everything changed. My doctor doesn't want to refill it and wants me to just use Tylenol. It's not working at all. Had a horrible night sleep and just cannot get comfortable. Now besides incision pain I really think i do feel my actual stomach and the inside pain. I am taking gas x and walking everyday. Any suggestions?

[SuzyB 182]

How far out from surgery? Heating pads have been recommended here. Are you using liquid tylenol?

[SleevedSmurf 18]

I had my surgery on 8/29. I'm swallowing regular Tylenol pills. Haven't had any trouble swallowing pills from day 1, but taking chewable gas x.

[Macy6 356]

Are you getting up and around? I was done on the 27th and given 40 oxycodone and haven't even used half. I take Tylenol as needed (1-2 times a day) but I've been up and about since day 4 and at first it sucked but I think it's what helped with my pain. My only pain left is abdominal wall below my largest incision and its a 1/10, 99% of the time. I have also used a heating pad since the day I got home, it lived on me the first 48 hrs I was home and now as needed (note: don't fall asleep with it on I actually left marks, they faded but essentially I burnt myself)

If you continue to be in pain I would call back and demand an appt at this point you should definitely be turning a corner. Do you know how many doses you had? I'm just curious if you used too much too fast and they are resistant to fill because of that.