Anyone ever heard of post-op hot flashes?

nysmile
Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:14:36 +0000

He wasn’t on pain meds pre-surgery either. He was given pain meds post-surgery (for the partial knee replacement surgery) in the hospital and for about a week once he was released. We’re pretty sure his hot flashes and sleep disturbances were due to coming off pain meds after being on them for about a week. If I remember correctly, the pain med was vicotin.

Post-up his cervical surgery as well as another spinal surgery (to remove a cyst that had formed between two arthritic discs in his lower spine) didn’t require any pain meds. He was immediately pain free after both surgeries.