Guest guest Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 My 38 year old step daughter has PSC. She is now in second position to receive a liver transplant at UC Hospital in Sacramento.We have a meeting with the tranplant coordinator coming up but have some questions for the group. She gets panic attacks frequently and she wants a family member with her 24/7 while in the hospital. Is there a medication or something she can take post transplant to help alleviate these attacks? She has spent a lot of time in the hospital in the past years and she doesn't think the nurses and doctors repond well to panic attacks or take them seriously..that is why she wants someone with her 24/7.She has pets in her home...is that a problem when she returns home? She has a dog and a cat.What do they do about pain medication after the operation. Currently she is on heavy duty pain meds...will that continue post operation? Will she be able to travel by automobile or will she need an ambulance after her transplant? She lives in South Tahoe which is 100+miles from this hospital.Any information you can share will be greatly appreciated.Thank you so much,Louise Check out AOL Money Finance's list of the hottest products and top money wasters of 2007. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Louiseotto@... wrote: > Is > there a medication or something she can take post transplant to help > alleviate these attacks? I'm not sure what meds would be appropriate post transplant for this. The pain meds they gave me post transplant (percocet) did have somewhat of a calming effect (for me at least) but I'm not sure how effective they'd be against a panic attack. I've heard that it's not uncommon for people to have problems like this in the first few days post transplant, so hopefully the transplant nurses will have some idea of how to deal with it. > She has pets in her home...is that a problem when she returns home? > She has a dog and a cat. I've heard that some transplant doctors don't want their patients to have cats, but mine just said I couldn't clean out the litter box. So if she can find someone to help with that, they cats probably won't be a problem. > What do they do about pain medication after the operation. Currently > she is on heavy duty pain meds...will that continue post operation? If she needs them. I was on percocet, although I actually had very little pain post transplant. My abdomen was uncomfortable from the incision, but not painful. Most of the real pain was in my back (I think that the extra stress put on the back muscles due the the abs being nonfunctional, and sitting in the same position all the time cased the back pain). > Will she be able to travel by automobile or will she need an > ambulance after her transplant? She lives in South Tahoe which is > 100+miles from this > hospital. She should be able to travel by car, although she'll need someone to drive her while she's still on the pain meds. I was riding in our car within a week post transplant. We also live quite a ways from the hospital and I stayed in a hotel close by for a couple weeks after I got out of the hospital. Hope that helps! athan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 > She has pets in her home...is that a problem when she returns home? > She has a dog and a cat. I have two dogs and they weren't a problem. > What do they do about pain medication after the operation. Currently > she is on heavy duty pain meds...will that continue post operation? Like , most of my pain was in my back, not from the incision. I really didn't take many after I left the hospital. > > Will she be able to travel by automobile or will she need an > ambulance after her transplant? She lives in South Tahoe which is 100+miles > from this > hospital. I live 180 miles from my transplant center and rode back and forth via car after I left the hospital (8 days after transplant). > > Any information you can share will be greatly appreciated. > The best thing that she can do is keep a positive attitude. Make sure she starts walking around as soon as possible. Follow the Nurses and Doctors instructions. If she knows she is due for medication, don't hesitate to remind the nurses. Best of luck. Hutek PSC 89, TX1 97, TX2 04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Do they have any type of bio-feed back or relaxation therapy program at her hospital? I do this at my hospital and it helps with panic attacks greatly. If she starts before the surgery working with a therapist she can bring the relaxation feelings to herself whenever she needs them. I start by talking to the person about where the most relaxing place they can think of is. I get them to go into detail so I know what the sounds, temperatures, smaells etc are. There is a 2 page speech I use that goes through all the aresa of the body to relax the person. Once I am through them all I start talking about the quiet spot in detail. Once I have worked with them this can be recall at anytime by the person so they can do it on there own if they need to control anxiety. The program I use is called the Peggy Huddleston prepare for surgery program but there are many in the country. Have her check with the anesthesia dept because they are who usually run it. MartiLouiseotto@... wrote: My 38 year old step daughter has PSC. She is now in second position to receive a liver transplant at UC Hospital in Sacramento.We have a meeting with the tranplant coordinator coming up but have some questions for the group. She gets panic attacks frequently and she wants a family member with her 24/7 while in the hospital. Is there a medication or something she can take post transplant to help alleviate these attacks? She has spent a lot of time in the hospital in the past years and she doesn't think the nurses and doctors repond well to panic attacks or take them seriously..that is why she wants someone with her 24/7.She has pets in her home...is that a problem when she returns home? She has a dog and a cat.What do they do about pain medication after the operation. Currently she is on heavy duty pain meds...will that continue post operation? Will she be able to travel by automobile or will she need an ambulance after her transplant? She lives in South Tahoe which is 100+miles from this hospital.Any information you can share will be greatly appreciated.Thank you so much,Louise Check out AOL Money Finance's list of the hottest products and top money wasters of 2007. Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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