Guest guest Posted May 12, 2000 Report Share Posted May 12, 2000 PSD@... wrote: > Hi-- > > Less than 24 hours after surgery both iv's blew, including the pain > pump! So > they started my on oral meds, a duragesic patch, & morphine shots > every 3 hrs > if needed. By that night, I was feeling real good! <g> I think in a > way it > was blessing to come off the pain pump so soon, b/c I was feeling so > much > better, even with all the pain. Weingart found I still had a lot of > bone & > excessive scar tissue. He felt the bone was more of a problem than > the scar > tissue. I feel 200% this surgery than I did after the first two. My > right > eye turning inward disappeared, my spasticity has drastically > decreased, the > clamp-down headache that I felt in the back of the head is gone unless > I lay > flat, & my energy is returning. I am taking it one day at a time, > mornings > are my worst. If there is one tip I would offer folks, is once you get > up in > the morning stay up, sit up, but don't lay down. Weingart thinks it's > still > due to swelling but it will improve. The only major problem that has > developed is problems swallowing which they are attributing to > swelling > and/or spasticity. > > Thanks for your kind emails. > > a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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