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ananda · 09-27-2008, 02:54 AM

Hi,

I am up in the night cause I started to hurt and took a pain pill. I had a hyserectomy and bladder repair on Monday. My dr. is working with me and my sponsor and I have lots of support...but I just needed to write about it tonight.

The dr. told me that i would be taking 2 narcotics pills every 4 hours for a while (hard to tell the exact number of days) and then cut back to 1 every 4 hours then every 6 and that I would gradually increase the amount of Ibeprofin as I go off the narcotics. His expectation is that at the end of 2 weeks I would only be on ibiprofen.

Well..things are going well I think. I started off by tyring to be brave despite what i was told and taking less than the dose he perscribed. after a day of that I basically got lectured and started taking the 2 every 4 hours. The surgery was monday and today (friday) i am taking 1 every 4 to 5 hours. I have some mild pain but thats all.

So i am getting proper medical guidance and supervision through the dr., support and supervision from my mom (but she did leave today). I seem to be on track.....so why do i still feel crazy to be doing this!!!!! Everytime it is time to take a pill I get weirded out. once I take it and the pain subsides I am fine with the desision and I don't feel high...just don't have the pain and feel comfortable that it was the right desision.

So I don't know why I am posting...everything seems ok and i feel supported so why do i keep feeling this deep moral delima everytime I have pain and see that it is time to take another pill and that I am within the guidelines?

Sorry to be so wierd. What ever decision people made on the threads I've read this week, they seem to be ok with the decision and I don't understand why I'm still fretting about this!

Thanks for letting me whine!

09-27-2008, 02:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
ananda Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11,908 Blog Entries: 1	Hi, I am up in the night cause I started to hurt and took a pain pill. I had a hyserectomy and bladder repair on Monday. My dr. is working with me and my sponsor and I have lots of support...but I just needed to write about it tonight. The dr. told me that i would be taking 2 narcotics pills every 4 hours for a while (hard to tell the exact number of days) and then cut back to 1 every 4 hours then every 6 and that I would gradually increase the amount of Ibeprofin as I go off the narcotics. His expectation is that at the end of 2 weeks I would only be on ibiprofen. Well..things are going well I think. I started off by tyring to be brave despite what i was told and taking less than the dose he perscribed. after a day of that I basically got lectured and started taking the 2 every 4 hours. The surgery was monday and today (friday) i am taking 1 every 4 to 5 hours. I have some mild pain but thats all. So i am getting proper medical guidance and supervision through the dr., support and supervision from my mom (but she did leave today). I seem to be on track.....so why do i still feel crazy to be doing this!!!!! Everytime it is time to take a pill I get weirded out. once I take it and the pain subsides I am fine with the desision and I don't feel high...just don't have the pain and feel comfortable that it was the right desision. So I don't know why I am posting...everything seems ok and i feel supported so why do i keep feeling this deep moral delima everytime I have pain and see that it is time to take another pill and that I am within the guidelines? Sorry to be so wierd. What ever decision people made on the threads I've read this week, they seem to be ok with the decision and I don't understand why I'm still fretting about this! Thanks for letting me whine!