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I totally agree with Susie. Melissa, you are very inwardly focused right now. I think it's because, deep inside, you're expecting a bad outcome. It's unreasonable to expect to be out of pain this early. Susie has given you some good advice. When you find yourself thinking about the pain, and especially when you have thoughts about never getting better, find a way to focus on something else. Try to get outside for some walks, or even better, find a friend with whom you can distract yourself (instead of talking about the pain). The pain at this point is still completely normal. Also, I don't know what your drug regimen is, but if you're on one of the stronger drugs (oxycontin, fentanyl, etc.), you could be having rebound pain. I don't know how common it is, but when I got off oxycontin at about 2-1/2 months postop, I actually had a lot less pain than when I was on it. At that point, I still used percoset whenever the pain got bad, but no longer took it at regular intervals. If you were following my posts around that time, you may have noticed that I stopped talking about my recovery. I just didn't feel it was healthy, and definitely not very interesting, to talk about my pain. If someone asked me a direct question about my recovery, I would answer it, but try to move away from the topic ASAP. There were definitely days I thought I might never get better, but I worked at not dwelling on it.
Hope you have a better day soon.
Regards,
Linda
I totally agree with Susie. Melissa, you are very inwardly focused right now. I think it's because, deep inside, you're expecting a bad outcome. It's unreasonable to expect to be out of pain this early. Susie has given you some good advice. When you find yourself thinking about the pain, and especially when you have thoughts about never getting better, find a way to focus on something else. Try to get outside for some walks, or even better, find a friend with whom you can distract yourself (instead of talking about the pain). The pain at this point is still completely normal. Also, I don't know what your drug regimen is, but if you're on one of the stronger drugs (oxycontin, fentanyl, etc.), you could be having rebound pain. I don't know how common it is, but when I got off oxycontin at about 2-1/2 months postop, I actually had a lot less pain than when I was on it. At that point, I still used percoset whenever the pain got bad, but no longer took it at regular intervals. If you were following my posts around that time, you may have noticed that I stopped talking about my recovery. I just didn't feel it was healthy, and definitely not very interesting, to talk about my pain. If someone asked me a direct question about my recovery, I would answer it, but try to move away from the topic ASAP. There were definitely days I thought I might never get better, but I worked at not dwelling on it.
Hope you have a better day soon.
Regards,
Linda
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