Ow.
I have been struggling with pain ever since I came home. I have two pain medications, a tablet form of Dilaudid, and a liquid form of oxycodone. I can take the oxycodone every three hours as needed, and I can vary the dose anywhere from 5ml to 15ml. I'm supposed to take the Dilauded in between the oxycodone doses if the pain is coming back.
Well, the Dilaudid doesn't do squat for me. The oxycodone is INCREDIBLE, but it only controls all my pain if I take the full 15ml dose. For the past two days I've been varying my doses, trying to take as little as possible, because the oxycodone knocks me on my butt. It's very strong. The pharmacist said that it's the strongest narcotic that you can get by prescription, and I believe it. When I take a dose, I'm out cold within fifteen minutes unless I fight it. If I manage to stay awake, I'm very woozy and out of it. I don't like feeling that drugged, but if I don't take the full dose, I hurt all the time. My pouch is still healing, and it gets irritated very easily. If I eat or drink anything without having taken pain meds, I feel like I've been punched in the gut.
Also, because I'm having to take the full dose, I'm going through it like it was candy. I have enough for tonight and part of tomorrow, and then I'm out. I called the doctor earlier, and he said that pain at this stage is normal. As long as I'm not having a fever, and my wounds aren't oozing or inflamed, then there's nothing to worry about. I just need to continue to control the pain until my pouch heals more. I just hope that my pain starts to decrease in the next couple of days, because I canNOT work or drive on this pain medication.
After discussing all of this with the doc, there are two options. He could either get me another prescription for the oxycodone, or he said we could try a liquid form of vicodin. He can call in the vicodin to any pharmacy; the oxycodone has to be prescribed at the hospital, and I'd have to drive down to Bellevue to get it. I've been on vicodin before, and it doesn't knock me out the way that the oxycodone does, so I said I wanted to try that first. He called it in, and I'll go pick it up tomorrow and give it a try. If it controls the pain, awesome! If it doesn't, we'll drive down to Bellevue and get some more oxycodone, and I'll likely be out of work longer than I thought.
I really hope the vicodin elixir works, because at my current drug level, I can't DO anything. I haven't gotten a lick of schoolwork done since I came home from the hospital. Even typing this update has been hit-or-miss, because I keep making mistakes. It's probably full of mistakes, even though I hope I caught them all. :)
I guess I just expect too much out of myself. Most other people would be enjoying this time off of work, and certainly enjoying the pain medication (that stuff really IS incredible). I'm starting to feel like a slacker. I would also like to see people, to hang out and visit. I'm used to talking on the phone all day at work, and then talking more for classes. I miss chatting.
Oy to the Vey.
;)
Well, the Dilaudid doesn't do squat for me. The oxycodone is INCREDIBLE, but it only controls all my pain if I take the full 15ml dose. For the past two days I've been varying my doses, trying to take as little as possible, because the oxycodone knocks me on my butt. It's very strong. The pharmacist said that it's the strongest narcotic that you can get by prescription, and I believe it. When I take a dose, I'm out cold within fifteen minutes unless I fight it. If I manage to stay awake, I'm very woozy and out of it. I don't like feeling that drugged, but if I don't take the full dose, I hurt all the time. My pouch is still healing, and it gets irritated very easily. If I eat or drink anything without having taken pain meds, I feel like I've been punched in the gut.
Also, because I'm having to take the full dose, I'm going through it like it was candy. I have enough for tonight and part of tomorrow, and then I'm out. I called the doctor earlier, and he said that pain at this stage is normal. As long as I'm not having a fever, and my wounds aren't oozing or inflamed, then there's nothing to worry about. I just need to continue to control the pain until my pouch heals more. I just hope that my pain starts to decrease in the next couple of days, because I canNOT work or drive on this pain medication.
After discussing all of this with the doc, there are two options. He could either get me another prescription for the oxycodone, or he said we could try a liquid form of vicodin. He can call in the vicodin to any pharmacy; the oxycodone has to be prescribed at the hospital, and I'd have to drive down to Bellevue to get it. I've been on vicodin before, and it doesn't knock me out the way that the oxycodone does, so I said I wanted to try that first. He called it in, and I'll go pick it up tomorrow and give it a try. If it controls the pain, awesome! If it doesn't, we'll drive down to Bellevue and get some more oxycodone, and I'll likely be out of work longer than I thought.
I really hope the vicodin elixir works, because at my current drug level, I can't DO anything. I haven't gotten a lick of schoolwork done since I came home from the hospital. Even typing this update has been hit-or-miss, because I keep making mistakes. It's probably full of mistakes, even though I hope I caught them all. :)
I guess I just expect too much out of myself. Most other people would be enjoying this time off of work, and certainly enjoying the pain medication (that stuff really IS incredible). I'm starting to feel like a slacker. I would also like to see people, to hang out and visit. I'm used to talking on the phone all day at work, and then talking more for classes. I miss chatting.
Oy to the Vey.
;)
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