It's been a circus with the pain meds around here ...
I was discharged from rehab with Vicodin, which I can't even take. The discharge nurse told me to call my PCP's office for something else, so like an idiot I did. My PCP changed it to Darvocet, which didn't even come close to relieving the pain. On Monday he changed it again to Percoset every 6 hours, which still wasn't enough to let me walk around the house, let alone down the street. It was horrible. I went back Thursday, saw another doctor since my PCP was out, and he said I could take the Percoset every 4 hours, and added Oxycontin, which was exactly the regimen in rehab. He also personally called my surgeon's office and told them THEY need to be managing my pain meds (which they had told me they wouldn't do since I had gone to my PCP - like the rehab nurse said to do).
As it turned out, that was WAY too much medication, and after more than a day of dizziness and nausea and no appetite, I'm finally trying to figure out what I should take. I figure I'll leave the oxycontin alone. Maybe taper down on the Percoset from 4 to 5 to 6 hours? I was also discharged with Robaxin, which isn't doing anything for the muscle spasms, and it feels like my back is a cramped up rock. Interestingly, the surgeons office said they don't even recommend muscle relaxants post op.
I want to go walking! I want to get out there and loosen up, get everything moving, make some progress! I feel frozen, can't even sit for more than a few minutes! I know it sounds like I'm whining, but I'm just frustrated and don't know what to do or what to expect. Help!
I was discharged from rehab with Vicodin, which I can't even take. The discharge nurse told me to call my PCP's office for something else, so like an idiot I did. My PCP changed it to Darvocet, which didn't even come close to relieving the pain. On Monday he changed it again to Percoset every 6 hours, which still wasn't enough to let me walk around the house, let alone down the street. It was horrible. I went back Thursday, saw another doctor since my PCP was out, and he said I could take the Percoset every 4 hours, and added Oxycontin, which was exactly the regimen in rehab. He also personally called my surgeon's office and told them THEY need to be managing my pain meds (which they had told me they wouldn't do since I had gone to my PCP - like the rehab nurse said to do).
As it turned out, that was WAY too much medication, and after more than a day of dizziness and nausea and no appetite, I'm finally trying to figure out what I should take. I figure I'll leave the oxycontin alone. Maybe taper down on the Percoset from 4 to 5 to 6 hours? I was also discharged with Robaxin, which isn't doing anything for the muscle spasms, and it feels like my back is a cramped up rock. Interestingly, the surgeons office said they don't even recommend muscle relaxants post op.
I want to go walking! I want to get out there and loosen up, get everything moving, make some progress! I feel frozen, can't even sit for more than a few minutes! I know it sounds like I'm whining, but I'm just frustrated and don't know what to do or what to expect. Help!
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