All this talk of surgically hastened menopause, plus other discussions has made me wonder about the question in the thread title.
Also, having just had the long dreaded myelogram* makes me wonder all the more. Stopping all NSAIDs and sleeping med, left me in pain and very tired, until I was allowed to go back on. That meant two days before and one afterwards, and my trusty sleeping med is a tiny dose of Seroquel at bedime PRN. Even just 25 mg though, and they said "no".
So looking ahead, I'm wondering what meds they want to you stop at every stage and for how long with the surgery. I'm not looking forward to the long three months without NSAIDS as that will just guarantee I'm that much more hooked on opiates (a serious problem in the past). Also I figure I'll be pretty much discombobulated for a week or so beforehand thanks to no NSAIDs then too. (I depend on them and am trying to avoid opiates as much as possible).
The business of no estrogen (I take HRT) is a new one. I'd hate to have hot flashes etc for the first time after this monster surgery!
Especially, if they too want a discontination of Seroquel for any amount of time. Sleep is important!
And perhaps there are others on the forbidden list, too! Maybe someone has such a list to post (I've seen some whopping long lists for myelograms!)
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*Some good news, BTW. The myelogram itself was a breeze contrary to my fears - well, relatively anyhow, There were only a few almost unfelt needles and NO headache.
However, all this as entirely a function of the radiologists' expertise. They told me there was only ONE potential opening to inject in my entire (degenerated) lumbar spine - a tiny little hole like a swervy underwater channel. Lots of murmuring told me it was to be quite a challenge, and I braced myself.
But they made it! So that's off my mind Now to get the results...Thanks to this site, I brought films of my spine to help them if my lumbar spine proved difficult, so even though the procedure was fluoroscopically guided, I think you all may have spared me a lot of pain, thanks to that advice (don't remember whom to credit).
They DID lose my X-rays somewhere before discharge, but who's counting?
Also, having just had the long dreaded myelogram* makes me wonder all the more. Stopping all NSAIDs and sleeping med, left me in pain and very tired, until I was allowed to go back on. That meant two days before and one afterwards, and my trusty sleeping med is a tiny dose of Seroquel at bedime PRN. Even just 25 mg though, and they said "no".
So looking ahead, I'm wondering what meds they want to you stop at every stage and for how long with the surgery. I'm not looking forward to the long three months without NSAIDS as that will just guarantee I'm that much more hooked on opiates (a serious problem in the past). Also I figure I'll be pretty much discombobulated for a week or so beforehand thanks to no NSAIDs then too. (I depend on them and am trying to avoid opiates as much as possible).
The business of no estrogen (I take HRT) is a new one. I'd hate to have hot flashes etc for the first time after this monster surgery!
Especially, if they too want a discontination of Seroquel for any amount of time. Sleep is important!
And perhaps there are others on the forbidden list, too! Maybe someone has such a list to post (I've seen some whopping long lists for myelograms!)
************************************************** ************************************************** ******
*Some good news, BTW. The myelogram itself was a breeze contrary to my fears - well, relatively anyhow, There were only a few almost unfelt needles and NO headache.
However, all this as entirely a function of the radiologists' expertise. They told me there was only ONE potential opening to inject in my entire (degenerated) lumbar spine - a tiny little hole like a swervy underwater channel. Lots of murmuring told me it was to be quite a challenge, and I braced myself.
But they made it! So that's off my mind Now to get the results...Thanks to this site, I brought films of my spine to help them if my lumbar spine proved difficult, so even though the procedure was fluoroscopically guided, I think you all may have spared me a lot of pain, thanks to that advice (don't remember whom to credit).
They DID lose my X-rays somewhere before discharge, but who's counting?
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