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Jen - glad to hear your surgery went well, though sorry you had a bad reaction to the medications. I was given Dilaudid 4 mg for the first week, which had me so high into orbit I don't remember very large chunks of time LOL... but it was great for pain control As I just said to Lindsey... take it really easy the first week or two, and definitely keep up on your pain meds, even through the night. It's very worth it to wake up and take them through the night so that you don't wake up in the morning in more pain. Keep us posted on how you're doing, and be good to yourself!!!!Andi
JEN!!! so glad to hear that you made it through okay! I had to laugh at the itching part of your post! I was doing the same exact thing! I thought the first day I was going to itch my face off! My mom said that is a normal reaction to these pain killers and eventually the itching will stop...which it has for me! But the first two days I was itching ALL OVER! it was crazy! I'm with ya...on keeping up with the pain medications! This morning was rough, because I didn't wake up to take my meds... and I was in A LOT of pain this morning. I also started a diary! So this should be interesting following each other through this! I also haven't been too hungry, but trying to eat a lot of calcium enriched foods, and protein to heal Happy Healing!
Jen, glad to catch up on your diary and see you are doing pretty good. Just keep resting/relaxing for these days and you will see marked improvement in your strength and pain levels.