ive had 6 surgeries in recovery- 2 of them rather major. the 1st was quite major and i was going to need pain management requiring narcotics. surgeon explained everything real well about the pain management.
3 days out of surgery, i decided i wanted to stop the pain meds out of a concern of a dependence.
woke up in the middle of the night and it felt like they were doing surgery on me sans anesthesia. it took quite a while to get the pain back under control.
i then decided surgeons might know a wee bit more than me on the topic of pain management and prolly best to listen to em.