<p>Lol. I’m going to try weaning myself off the pains. I can deal with physical pain much better than nausea. Plus I’m really not eating. I’m giving it one more day and then back to the hospital. Thanks, guys :)</p>
<p>also the sore throat s form being intubated with the breathing tube. You nerd to eat an sometimes constipation can make you nauseated. I think your surgery was rather involved, so you may no want to stop the meds cold turkey, but mention it ad te could give you something for the nausea.</p>
<p>Will do, down :)</p>
<p>Taking the pain meds on an empty stomach might be the culprit, romani. Try to eat a little something with it. </p>
<p>Glad they waived a lot of the bill. Their error was pretty egregious and could have had bad consequences. As for the labs, the probably send them out to an outside company who does their own billing separately so the hospital may not have control over their billing. Its still possible that the hospital could work out something with them, but either way, sounds like you got them to do a lot. Congrats. Oh, and the 3rd day is often the worst. You should be going uphill from here.</p>
<p>Romani, with or without food, anything with codeine makes me so horribly nauseous that I wish I were dead. Nothing else but nausea, but I now have Codeine Allergy on my medical record.
My sister had the same reaction after delivering her first baby. We both prefer ibuprofen for oral analgesia.</p>
<p>So sometimes the thing that is supposed to help makes things worse.</p>
<p>Agreed, jym. I’m so thankful that I shared on here and was told to go back. My surgery took almost 4 hours. I’m kind of terrified to think of what would have happened if I had just put it off again. It’s not the hospital I normally go to- it was just the closest one. I won’t make that mistake again. </p>
<p>I last took my pain meds at 7:45 last night and I have had no nausea since around 2 AM. I’m actually not in a lot of pain either- just some discomfort. I also don’t feel like a cloud like I’ve felt for the last few days. I’ll take some ibuprofen later if the pain gets worse. </p>
<p>mominva, I’ve never had a reaction to medicine before. I never want to take that again though lol. I’ll be sure to add it as an allergy. </p>
<p>Hoping this is my upward trend :)</p>
<p>Free advice…take the ibuprofen. If you wait until the pain returns, you may find it hard to catch up with the pain killers!</p>
<p>I don’t want to be an alarmist, but I wouldn’t hesitate to return for a consultation to ensure that your post-op “symptoms” and recovery pattern are normal (considering your individual circumstances, of course). There are some insidious errors/mistakes that can be made in gall-bladder surgery, and you (they) need to be sure that they didn’t make one of them. (Mostly they involve damaging the common duct.) </p>
<p>Not having had the surgery, I can’t comment on the typical recovery pattern and bumps in the road, but I’d stay vigilant about it and make sure your doctor knows what’s going on with you. I question whether your nausea is normal or expected, but maybe it is.</p>
<p>I have a follow up appointment on Thursday. I give my GI aunt updates everyday and she said nothing is raising flags especially if the nausea disappeared after stopping the pain meds.</p>
<p>Tylenol with codeine gives me the same results. Ended up with dry sockets after wisdom teeth extraction due to the dislodging from throwing up. Not pretty. Many doctors recommend switching to the advil type medication as soon as possible. As mentioned, don’t go cold turkey, you still need something for the pain just not the high powered vicodin (sp) type drugs.</p>
<p>Hope you are feeling better soon.</p>
<p>Romani, I’d advise eating something, even toast of crackers and taking ibuprofen to stay ahead of the pain and nausea. Good luck!</p>
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<p>“Vicodin type drugs” would be opiates or narcotics. Yes, it is the same family of drugs that includes some highly addictive ones. However, those prescribed in medical context are often mixed with acetaminophen to deter abuse (although they often are abused anyway).</p>
<p>In my personal experience, wisdom tooth surgical extraction soreness does not need any particularly strong painkiller drugs afterward; narcotics are not worth the bother in such cases. Have not had personal experience with gallbladder surgery, though.</p>
<p>Ibuprophen on a empty stomach can make you nauseated. Make sure you are allowed Ibuprofen after this surgery. I have the same reaction to morphine, no pain relief, nausea. My mom is the same.</p>
<p>For me, codeine makes me loopy and very tired. I stop taking it and switch to ibuprofen. Things usually improve for me rapidly thereafter, especially when I remember to take with SOME food.</p>
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<p>As someone who had wisdom teeth removed (5!! Does that make me extra wise? :p) and dry socket in 3/4 sockets, the pain I experienced with the wisdom teeth removal and dry socket is <em>nothing</em> compared to this pain. I never took pain killers with the wisdom teeth, but I couldn’t move for the first day and a half without painkillers with this surgery. Not to be graphic, but I was pumped up and cut up for almost four hours lol. </p>
<p>The Vicodin that they gave me for the wisdom teeth (I’ve also gotten it for cysts) has never worked for me. I always ask the doctor for something else but vicodin seems to be the default. The only strong pain reliever that’s ever worked for me without yucky side effects is Ultram. Couldn’t even begin to tell you why, but as someone who studies population health, it never ceases to amaze me how differently people react to medicine.</p>
<p>I’ve been eating much better today. Had a bowl of cereal, salad, and some soup. I am drinking some pop just to get the caffeine (energy). I do have an appetite but after really not eating for 5 days, I have to eat very, very small portions. Luckily, my chef friend has moved in and is taking good care of me food-wise. He made me something last night for the nausea that worked miracles (I don’t want to know what was in it though lol). </p>
<p>I switched to Ibuprofen and it’s doing the trick :). I sat outside for a long time today and after living on the couch since I got home, it was absolutely wonderful. It was much needed! Tomorrow, I am finally going on my (now much shortened lol) vacation and so excited :).</p>
<p>I was speaking in general terms that most doctors encourage switching to Ibuprofen/Advil from whatever prescription pain killer they had been taking. I personally took Tylenol with codeine and that resulted in the nausea. For me the dry socket pain when the sockets were being “packed” was short lived but very painful. I would sooner deliver a baby than go through that pain again.</p>
<p>I just remember the nasty taste of that packing stuff. Yick!</p>
<p>I agree with the above poster that said to take the motrin with food. If you don’t it can cause nausea or stomach problems. Motrin can be hard on the stomach especially if you are taking it for a number of days.</p>
<p>Funny-ish story about pain meds–my mom experiences horrible naseau as a result of any pain med stronger than Tylenol 3 but has an incredible pain tolerance. When she recently had surgery, she literally begged the doctors and nurses to give her <em>less</em> powerful pain meds, knowing that what they were giving her would just make her horribly sick. They refused to believe her–until they actually saw how sick she was and how little she was kidding! </p>
<p>Hope you continue to mend well, romani! :)</p>