Hello,
As of yesterday, I was two-weeks post-op. It seems a little unreal to post that, after months and months of reading about everyone else!
Things are going really well, as far as having no complications like numbness or tingling. I saw my doc on Tuesday, and he said the incision is healing nicely.
My only concern is the constant pain/achiness I am feeling, which I think may be a result of coming down in pain meds too quickly? I was on oxycodone, 2 every 4 hours, until Sunday. Now I am taking Vicodin, and my doctor already suggested replacing one of the two Vicodin I take every 6 hours with a Tylenol! I accept that pain is an obvious part of this surgery, I am just worried that it is interfering with all the moving they want me to do, plus my appetite is so diminished from when I was taking Oxycodone, that I have lost 8 pounds in 5 days!
If I could sit still long enough, I'd read what others have done as far as tapering off pain meds, because I am really wondering if I was taken off of an effective (for me) pain med too quickly. Can anyone fill me in on their take on this? Thank you so much.
As of yesterday, I was two-weeks post-op. It seems a little unreal to post that, after months and months of reading about everyone else!
Things are going really well, as far as having no complications like numbness or tingling. I saw my doc on Tuesday, and he said the incision is healing nicely.
My only concern is the constant pain/achiness I am feeling, which I think may be a result of coming down in pain meds too quickly? I was on oxycodone, 2 every 4 hours, until Sunday. Now I am taking Vicodin, and my doctor already suggested replacing one of the two Vicodin I take every 6 hours with a Tylenol! I accept that pain is an obvious part of this surgery, I am just worried that it is interfering with all the moving they want me to do, plus my appetite is so diminished from when I was taking Oxycodone, that I have lost 8 pounds in 5 days!
If I could sit still long enough, I'd read what others have done as far as tapering off pain meds, because I am really wondering if I was taken off of an effective (for me) pain med too quickly. Can anyone fill me in on their take on this? Thank you so much.
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