Tell me I am not a total Wimp for taking pain med every 4 hours

[secretstolen 4]

You guys with the liquid stuff are lucky! (Then again, considering how some of that stuff tastes, maybe not! Heehee!) :thumbup:

After my surgery, the surgeon saw me for the second time that evening before going home and he told me that the nurses had been ordered to give me pain medication in pill form, not liquid, because he wanted me to begin attempting to swallow to make sure I could do so efficiently before being discharged the next day. That night, the nurses cut the small pain pill into fourths and when I tried the first fourth, it got stuck and I felt like I was choking. They gave me a suppository for the pain and then, after hours of sipping on Water, it was much easier in the morning when I had to try swallowing again.

The surgeon saw me the next morning and said, "See. I'd rather have you do that here and have difficulty trying to swallow something the first time after surgery with nurses and medical staff around you than to do that at home and panic." Good point, Doc. Good point.

For the first 2 weeks after surgery, I still used a pill cutter to break them into fourths. (I was given Percocet and because of the way it made me feel dazed and kind of out of it, once the pain started to become more manageable, I started only taking half of one pill in the morning and the other half in the evenings before going to bed at night so I could sleep.)

[BayCityBandster 1]

i took mine every 4-6 hours until it was gone and i needed it, but just as it ran out, the pain was tolerable.

i know it seems hard to believe but the pain will go away soon. until then, do what you can to manage it! good luck!

[CapitolChick 1]

Thank you all for posting back to me and sharing your personal experience. :thumbup:

I have been taking the Roxicet (Oxycodone + Acetaminophen) since I can not tolerate the vicodine (sp?) I am on a similar cycle as you bamagirl: Water, walk 30 minutes really slow on the treadmill b/c our yard is hilly, gasx, walk around the house, then sleep for 3 hours..

I am gassy, but the pain is from my port - constant throbbing (reminds me of the c-section pain) and I was running a low grade fever Friday & Saturday (but not today).

Shard- that is a perfect explanation! I guess I had convinced myself that I was wonder women and this would be 'speedy recovery':blushing:.

MedicSunshine, we are on the same healing path (I am sending you cooling healing vibes:cool:..ice sure sounds good to me too!)

You all are so awesome!!

peace

[bombaman 0]

you're not! I took my liquid vicodin every two hours for the first couple of days.