I Hate Pain

[amberfocus]

I mean, I really, really hate pain.  Abdominal pain/stomach pain is probably the worst.  About 5 p.m. yesterday I stopped being able to keep any food down for many hours.  This also includes being able to keep down painkillers.  Which I think were most of the problem anyway, since I was allowed to pick whether I took one or two pills depending on my pain level.  Yeah, I made the mistake of taking two at 4:50 and my stomach can't handle that much percocet.  Do you know how bad it is to throw up five times in eight hours when you've just had abdominal surgery?  Everything clenches, everything hurts even worse than before.  It was a nightmare.  I'm still not completely over it.  I refrained from taking painkillers all night but was still throwing up.  I managed to use ice packs for the worst of the pain and fell asleep in self defense for a bit.

Finally at 9 a.m. I ate two crackers and was able to drink a glass of water.  When that stayed down I took one pain pill at 9:30 and slept until 11:30.  Now I'm just waiting for 1:30 to roll around so I can take another pill.  I have eaten two more crackers since then and one plum and am working on another glass of water.  My stomach still is roiling though, even with Tums and a Zantac.  I am thinking about switching to hydrocodone since I have some leftover from my knee surgery and have a tolerance for it, only it is not really strong enough.

I am running a low grade fever of 99.0.  This is a bit higher than it seems since my regular body temperature is 97.8.  But they are not worried about it unless the temp goes to 101.  I am so hot it is ridiculous.  I feel like I'm being roasted and then it will swing to being cold (but not often enough).  And my back hurts.  I think I have a rib head out of place and badly need to see the chiropractor but I don't think I could handle an adjustment to the area that needs it because it would hurt my stomach.  Did I mention I hate pain?

I now return you to your regularly scheduled whine free afternoon.

Comments

[rosetylersale.livejournal.com]

Oh that is awful! That sounds a lot like the pain I had when I had to get my appendix out. I hope you feel better!

[who-in-whoville.livejournal.com]

So so sorry. I agree. Ab pain is awful.

[captain91.livejournal.com]

so sorry to hear hun. i know what those days are like. the only hting i can say is as long a you're not being sick do try to eat a biscuit of soemthing like that every couple of hours, your stomach will be able to hold the meds better

keep an eye on the fever, some people can be quite vunerable to water infections after abdominal surgery, your symptoms are probably more directly to do witht he surgery, but back pain (if it's fairly low) could indicate you have one coming on

[kitsune17.livejournal.com]

keep an eye on the fever, some people can be quite vunerable to water infections after abdominal surgery, your symptoms are probably more directly to do witht he surgery, but back pain (if it's fairly low) could indicate you have one coming on

This is exactly what I came in to say. Try taking the Percs with food. That sometimes helps. Also re:fever - pop a couple of ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin). It tends to lower fever a little better than the acetaminophen that is found in the Percs.

::hugs::

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

*Squishes you* Feel better soon, bb.

[fishface44.livejournal.com]

What misery!! I am so sorry! *hugs you and hands you cup of soothing chamomile tea*

[othermewriter.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry I wish there was something we could do to make you feel better instantly. *hugggs* very gently.

[yavie-namarie.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Pain is absolutely no fun. No fun at all.... =(
*pain-free virtual hugs*
I hope the pain starts to ebb very very soon!

[corusca.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I hope you feel better!

[jellybean728.livejournal.com]

So sorry your recovery isn't going as smoothly as you'd like :((((

[mkejenkins.livejournal.com]

Oh, sweetie.

*huggles* very carefully

Keep an eye on that fever. I hope you're feeling better very soon.

[lorelaisquared.livejournal.com]

Oh no! That sounds awful *massive hugs* Feel better soon!

[jessalrynn.livejournal.com]

*huggles, carefully* Oh, I do hope you get to feeling better soon.

[glory_jean]

:( **hugs**

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

You deserve a good whine! I'm sorry percocet is such a bastard to you.

[nonlinearmusing.livejournal.com]

OMG. You need to have someone call your surgeon and ask him/her to call in a Rx for phenergan or its equivalent. It will help you rest and prevent you from vomiting because of your pain meds.

*hugs*

[angelfireeast.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Sweet that's terrible! I really hope you get better soon!

[amyo67.livejournal.com]

Oh, Sweetie, I'm so sorry you've had such a bad couple of days. I wish there was something I could do to help.

BIG HUGS from me. You are always in my prayers.

Poor you!

[rebeccaclark.livejournal.com]

Have you considered that the "back pain" may be your body not knowing where to "put" the abdominal pain? I had something similar (much less bad!) for the first few months after I got a coil fitted: my uterus/ovaries ached like a bitch, but my body insisted that it was my back that was the problem.

Also, a hot pack may help more than an ice pack, though maybe not if you have a fever.

Have some gentle hugs!

[bloose09.livejournal.com]

*gives you a virtual hug*

It sounds like a pain patch might be helpful. Just stick it on and it delivers the pain medication in a level dosage over a period of days. No swallowing it and having to keep it down. I have had success with them.

[crimedoc1.livejournal.com]

Oh, this sounds awful. I'm so sorry you are going through this. Pain SUCKS! I hate pain also. Feel better SOONEST!

*hugs*

[develish1]

*hugs*