Paula's headaches did go away once we started reducing the amount of oxycontin. Once we dropped out the daytime dose, she didn't get the headaches.
But now we have something new--she can't sleep in a prone position b/c of nasal stuffiness.
We had her bed downstairs for the first month after surgery. Then last weekend we moved her back upstairs.
She slept great the first night--12 hours (she was still on the pm dose of oxycontin at that time).
Then the next night, she got up at midnight and said she needed a benedryl b/c her nose was stuffy and she thought it might be nasal allergies. So I gave her one and she went back to sleep.
Next night, same thing, only this time after I gave her the benedryl, it took her 2 hours to fall back asleep.
Fourth night--benedryl at midnight, up til 3 am til I rearranged her pillows, then she fell asleep.
Finally last night we got the hint that she could be reacting to something in her room (all this week I've been vacuuming, laundering bed linens, dusting, etc. to do a deeper cleaning), so we moved her mattress/bedding into another room to see if that would help. Nope.
She ended up in my bedroom, finally fell asleep around 3ish again.
This pattern of nasal stuffiness only showed up in the past when Paula had a cold. She doesn't have one. During the day, she's fine, except she's tired now from lack of sleep. Napping doesn't help as she finally told me last night she wasn't tired and didn't feel like sleeping.
At this point I am *so* exhausted, I don't know what to do or who to ask for help.
Btw, her surgeon didn't think it was a problem with spinal fluid leakage causing the headaches (didn't give a reason why).
But now we have something new--she can't sleep in a prone position b/c of nasal stuffiness.
We had her bed downstairs for the first month after surgery. Then last weekend we moved her back upstairs.
She slept great the first night--12 hours (she was still on the pm dose of oxycontin at that time).
Then the next night, she got up at midnight and said she needed a benedryl b/c her nose was stuffy and she thought it might be nasal allergies. So I gave her one and she went back to sleep.
Next night, same thing, only this time after I gave her the benedryl, it took her 2 hours to fall back asleep.
Fourth night--benedryl at midnight, up til 3 am til I rearranged her pillows, then she fell asleep.
Finally last night we got the hint that she could be reacting to something in her room (all this week I've been vacuuming, laundering bed linens, dusting, etc. to do a deeper cleaning), so we moved her mattress/bedding into another room to see if that would help. Nope.
She ended up in my bedroom, finally fell asleep around 3ish again.
This pattern of nasal stuffiness only showed up in the past when Paula had a cold. She doesn't have one. During the day, she's fine, except she's tired now from lack of sleep. Napping doesn't help as she finally told me last night she wasn't tired and didn't feel like sleeping.
At this point I am *so* exhausted, I don't know what to do or who to ask for help.
Btw, her surgeon didn't think it was a problem with spinal fluid leakage causing the headaches (didn't give a reason why).
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