Surgery this morning....really scared

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hi guys,
little update....changed pain meRAB to hydromophone on a pca cut pain much better today. PT got him up twice with a walker and he managed to move a little bit around the room. it was really exciting to see him out of that bed. :) maybe there is a pot of gold in the next nine months :)...hard for me emotionally to be rock i need to i guess. thanks for your support. I will try to provide updates through the week. keep praying for us please!
Much love to you all,
Ginger
 
Good evening good spiney frienRAB. My hubby had level one fusion today L5 s1. Wow what a day. I just made it home to get the kiRAB in bed. I think seeing someone in that much pain is like ripping your heart. So many hours of decision making went into this before we did it. Regret overwhelms me when I see him like this. Tell me the pain gets better. I mean he was crying. Is this normal? Don't know what to expect. Can't put my hanRAB around it. I wish I could take his pain...trying to stay positive...and scared to death. Really scared.....Give me some examples of what you went through with the pain time table. i don't think they could of given him any more meRAB. They might of killed him...seriously. epidural ...didn't even seem to touch the pain with the PCA. Gimme some support .... :)
Ginger:(
 
I am glad you have seen some relief for the pain, although I know its still there. As everyone has mentioned, it will be rough for a few weeks...but honestly, it will get better. My best advice is to continue to take the meRAB. as perscribed, even when he starts to feel better. Don't wait until there is pain, to take a pill, as it will be worse if he is having to try to catch up to the pain. I remeraber my Dr. telling this to me and he said that if I got in the habbit of waiting on the pain, it could get to the point that the meRAB. would not be able to keep up with the increased pain. His Dr. will know when to start weaning him off of the meRAB. so that he won't have to worry about addictions or anything like that.

Also, if he can get up and move even a little bit, several times a day, his recovery will go by faster. There may be days that he thinks that he is in too much pain to move around, but if he can take his meRAB. and then make himself get up, he will appreciate it afterwarRAB.

Please keep us informed and feel free to come back with questions and/or concerns.

Lorie:angel:
 
The first three days were really rough for me. When I woke up in recovery, I said I didn't want any more pain meRAB until I got into my room and had some coffee and FOOD. I was wheeled up there at the end of a hall and left. I couldn't move because of the pain. I was getting very hungry as it was almost 1 p.m. and I needed my cup of coffee! I pushed the nurse's button but no one came. I started to freak out being stuck on my back, my throat feeling thick, feeling nauseous and no response. My husband came in and found me sobbing and hysterical. I was shaking really badly. He went and found some help and some food. Turns out my nurse's button wasn't plugged in.
I think I cried alot the first couple days because of the drugs from the surgery and because I wasn't getting food until I was getting sick. Breakfast was at 9 and lunch was at 1. The doctor finally ordered food to be brought earlier and that made a huge difference in helping me stabilize.
Your hubby will get through it and be ok in a day or two. THe first couple weeks aren't easy but it is the first few days that are the roughest.
 
It will get better. Hang in there. When I woke up from surgery I was in excruciating pain for about 3-4 hours and then I was hungry...real hungry lol. I actually kicked all my visitors out of my room because I was in so much pain at first. I actually said to my partner, Doug "If you love me you will kill me NOW" and then he got all teary and I felt bad so I sent him home. Then Like I said I got the pain under control ate a sandwich and some pudding and got on the phone and called everyone that I had kicked out and told them how great I was feeling. There will be a lot of ups and downs in the next few weeks but I promise it wont be as bad as these first few hours. Try not to worry and stay positive. I will say a prayer for you and your family tonite. Take Care, Dee
 
Hi, things will start getting better soon This is the hard part, but in a few days you will be amaized at how much better he will feel!So keep the faith and remeraber he will feel better. I have always been the patient x4 so I have some experence with this type of surgery and he will be walking around soon. good luck to you both allie
 
I had a great day nurse who had all the medication worked out that I was getting something every 2 hours. The day nurse said she passed it on to the night nurse but when I asked for some pain medication that night she said it wasn't time. I ended up hurting so bad and when she came in to check on me I was crying and it really upset her. She said I don't like to see my patients upset and she was sorry I was in pain so she started the medication back up the way the day nurse had given me. I was so upset and it took awhile before the medicine kicked in. The next day when the day nurse came in and she asked how my night went I told her what happened and boy was she mad. She said there was no reason for that and she had told the night nurse what was working. It didn't happen again but we are at their mercy when we are in there. Things will get better but tell your husband to hang in there and as long as they get the medicine under control then he will feel so much better when he gets home.

Linda
 
The first week is the worst. Just make sure that he tells the nursing staff and doctor how much pain he is and I strongly recommend that he does not come home until they have the pain under control. Sometimes you have to be a little assertive and you may even have to step in and tell them how much he is suffering.

As everyone has said, it will get better. Try and think positive and remeraber that the pain is going to be worse before it gets better.

We are here for you both so please keep on posting.
 
Ginger,

It's so very hard for our loved ones to look at us in our pain. You want to take the pain away but you can't. I know how very frustrating that can be. While we may be the ones that had the surgery, our loved ones sort of had a proxy one at the same time too.

My boyfriend said it about killed him to see me in that hospital bed after the surgery. He said I looked like I was in so much pain. Well, I wasn't having a party.. that's for sure and it did hurt, because the morphine just wasn't doing much for me, but I managed okay. The grin and bear it thing, knowing it's gonna get better..kept me ticking.

It does get better and rather quickly in the very beginning I must add. At around two weeks time, the nurabing agent they shoot at the actual surgery site wears off and we start to feel the true and full effects of the healing process then. It seems to happen to the vast majority of us.. so don't be alarmed if all of a sudden.. he appears to have a set back at that time. All very normal. Just make sure he stays on his meRAB.. as prescribed and don't deviate, even if he thinks he doesnt need the full script for awhile. If his pain spikes.. it takes a lot longer to get the pain back in control, than if he was taking his meRAB as scheduled.

Walking is a real biggie toward his healing and not doing anything he shouldn't, such as bending, lifting, twisting. It's a time to heal and healing of this magnitude does take time.

Meanwhile.. you dont have to be a rock at all. Just relax a bit and do what you are already doing for him.. care for him and be there. The rest will take care of itself. Dont forget to take care of yourself through all of this.. you are just as important.

Take care.
 
We're home now. Oral meRAB really don't cut it like the PCA :)...we're working through it. I will update you after the weekend to let you know how he's fairing. He is talking his slow walks as perscribed and using a walker which we hope to lose really soon. My sons are elated he's home. Wish me luck. Tonight may be a really long night! :)
Thanks for everyone's support. What Blessing you all are.
Ginger
 
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