I had my surgery...new medications...need support please.
From: Heidi Jo (hjjones@swbell.net)
Sat Apr 12 01:18:12 2003
Hello. I hope everyone is doing well. I had my laparoscopy done
Thursday. Well, let me back up a few days. I went to the new pain
doctor. He is so nice. Understood that I was indeed in a lot of pain.
Asked if I would like for him to take over all my pain medications and I
said yes. He told me to get off of the Vicodin. He instead wants me on
Norco 10 mg and I can take no more then 8 a day right now. He also gave
me Duragesic 25MCG/HR DIS JANS patches. I am not sure what those
patches are but I know that for the first time in I don't know how many
years I woke up in a small amount of pain. I was so happy! But then at
the same time, scared because what if for some reason this doctor gets a
hold of my old doctors and he sees that they never thought I was in that
much pain? I have never been out of this pain before and I guess now I
am getting paniced because I don't want to ever go back in that much
pain again. Does that make any sense? Finally finding a doctor who says
he will help you means getting the quality of my life back! Yes, it will
be expensive because my insurance will only pay 80% and the medications
are very expensive, but my life is worth that! And, I could possible
work once these medications regulate my pain to a tolerable level. I
suppose I need someone to calm me down and tell me that this isn't a
dream and that someone is really going to help me.
Okay, the next day, I had to get a root canal. My tooth is still in
pain! UGH! The doctor told me to take Vicodin and the pain dr said nope
take the Norco. Still taking the Norco and the patches. Wednesday
night, the night before my surgery, I can't go pee! What the heck??
Thursday morning, still can't pee very much. Get to the hospital and I
tell the doctors. They put me under and gave me some meds for the
possible urianry infection and put in a cathitar. I wake up with the
cathater in and they take it out and told me to try to pee. I tried and
I couldn't. The put the cath back in and I peed 400mg! They took the
cath back out and, nope, couldn't pee again. Put it back in and, yep,
there I go pee. So they had me go home with the cath in me. I was
going fine in the cath at home until about the AM on Friday morning.
Couldn't hardly pee at all. Had to go to the ER and they took the cath
out and I peed a little bit on my own. I can go now without the cath,
but I sit there for about 15 min until I fee like I went all I could go.
Anyone ever had this problem?
I go to the OBGYN tomorrow, and she said she removed a cyst on my left
ovary. I am SO sore by my belly buttinand there is another cut on the
right side.
Any help on these concerns of mine I would really appreciate.
Thank you all so much.
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Heidi Jo
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Heidi