Hi Everyone!
I just wanted to give you an update.. I'm 2 1/2 weeks post-op. I'm feeling pretty good... I went to my brother-in-law's surprise 30th birthday party last night and I was able to stay for 2 1/2 hours!! Far longer than I anticipated... I felt like I had an extreme makeover- I dried my hair, put make-up on and real clothes and it felt great! I also noticed (and i haden't really before) that I lost around 12 pounds, and so when I was able to wear my sister's size 2 jeans I was very very excited! It was a great day!!
I'm still in a lot of pain.. I was taking oxycontin 3 times a day and oxycodone every 3 hours. Now, I've been holding out every 4-5 hours for the oxycodone, and i'm still taking the oxycontin 3 times/day until the end of this week (then i'll reduce to 2/day). I'm having trouble with my rib pain. I find that sometimes its excrutiating-- and I have trouble breathing.
Has anyone else experienced this?? I feel like the pain should be significantly less by now, and it doesn't feel like it's going away all that much!! I guess I don't realize how much better I am, because I am now able to sit at the dinner table for a little bit (usually not more than 20 minutes) and last night, I mingled and was able to socialize, so I guess that's good.... but i'm really concerned, because the pain in my ribs is so bad.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking maybe icing it (the nurse said I could try that..)
Any advice would be great!! Thank you for everything
Lesly
I just wanted to give you an update.. I'm 2 1/2 weeks post-op. I'm feeling pretty good... I went to my brother-in-law's surprise 30th birthday party last night and I was able to stay for 2 1/2 hours!! Far longer than I anticipated... I felt like I had an extreme makeover- I dried my hair, put make-up on and real clothes and it felt great! I also noticed (and i haden't really before) that I lost around 12 pounds, and so when I was able to wear my sister's size 2 jeans I was very very excited! It was a great day!!
I'm still in a lot of pain.. I was taking oxycontin 3 times a day and oxycodone every 3 hours. Now, I've been holding out every 4-5 hours for the oxycodone, and i'm still taking the oxycontin 3 times/day until the end of this week (then i'll reduce to 2/day). I'm having trouble with my rib pain. I find that sometimes its excrutiating-- and I have trouble breathing.
Has anyone else experienced this?? I feel like the pain should be significantly less by now, and it doesn't feel like it's going away all that much!! I guess I don't realize how much better I am, because I am now able to sit at the dinner table for a little bit (usually not more than 20 minutes) and last night, I mingled and was able to socialize, so I guess that's good.... but i'm really concerned, because the pain in my ribs is so bad.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I was thinking maybe icing it (the nurse said I could try that..)
Any advice would be great!! Thank you for everything
Lesly
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