Back Surgery in your 30s?

Nrdsb4
Fri, 21 Feb 2020 02:43:22 +0000

ChaosParent23:

The worst part of the whole experience was the pain while waiting for surgery. I was loaded up on drugs, but it didn’t really do much. I was still completely non-functioning. And then getting off the drugs! My one piece of advice for anyone is to have a plan for coming off the meds BEFORE surgery. I didn’t and there were a few days of misery that I wouldn’t have had to go through if I’d known better. I was on 2 different opioids for about 4 months. About 24 hours post surgery I felt well enough to stop taking the pain meds. Huge mistake!! I didn’t need them for pain, and I didn’t want to take them, but my body physically thought it needed them. It’s like having the flu, but with an extra helping of anxiety and depression. It won’t kill you, but it’s utter misery. Weaning is the best method for coming off opioids. For me it took about a week to get off them completely.

I’m surprised your physician didn’t warn you-a patient on narcotics for four months would of course need instruction about how to wean off pain meds. Glad you are feeling better now.