Curious - pain med tolerance post op?

Larissa P.
on 11/19/08 10:09 am - Denton, TX

Pain meds like vicodine make my tummy queasy without food when it's fully intact - how am I supposed to take it post-op when my stomach is healing and I can't take in food?

Trust me, one projectile vomiting experience and you NEVER forget to eat when taking certain meds...

Duodenal Switch hybrid due to complications.

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Renee2007
on 11/19/08 10:36 am - Central, FL

DS on 01/28/08

I got really nauseated in the hospital and it was determined it was caused by the combination of the pain meds they were giving me. I was getting shots of 2 different things. Once they changed that and I started taking the meds orally the nausia went away. I was discharged with a liquid percocet. Having it in liquid form really helped. You are able to sip early out and I think it just makes it easier on your tummy when it's in liquid form. I didn't stay on pain meds but a couple to 3 days after my discharge. I know that varies from person to person. I just felt well enough to stop mine early.

Renee
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Guate Wife
on 11/19/08 10:44 am - Grand Rapids, MI

DS on 12/13/07

I was in for 7 days, and whatever was in my drip during that time was heaven. I went home with liquid vicodine -- couldn't do it. Got a Rx called in for the pills, and by the time someone went and got them I realized I didn't need pain meds -- and I am a big pain wuss! After that, I maybe took 5 extra strength Tylenol, and that was it. Most people won't be in as long as I was, but I would hope that your surgeon works with you on what you can tolerate -- there are a lot of different pain med options available.

~ I am the proud wife of a Guatemalan, but most people call me Kimberley
Highest Known Weight = 370# / 59.7 bmi @ 5'6"
Current Weight = 168# / 26.4 bmi : fluctuates 5# either way @ 5'7" / more than 90% EWL
Normal BMI (24.9) = 159#: would have to compromise my muscle mass to get here without plastics, so this is not a goal.

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Valerie G.
on 11/19/08 10:53 am - Northwest Mountains, GA

DS on 10/31/05

Let them know ahead of time your problems with vicodin. There are plenty of pain meds to choose from, and phenegrin to combat nausea if necessary. You'll probably start on morphine and not be put on vicodin until you're out of the hospital, so that's when you want an alternative.

Valerie
DS 2005

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Larissa P.
on 11/19/08 11:02 am - Denton, TX

Revision on 07/08/10

I'm scared in addition because 1) I'll be open, not lap, (and I am assuming more pain risk) and 2) I'll be in Mexico, not with my usual doc, so I don't know how easy it will be to just "try another med."

Supposedly Dr Ungson has a rep for being stingy with pain meds too...

No, I have no idea why this sudden fear has gripped me. But better work through this now then later...

Duodenal Switch hybrid due to complications.

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Guate Wife
on 11/19/08 11:21 am - Grand Rapids, MI

DS on 12/13/07

Get someone at the hotel to run out and get you pain meds -- they are readily available in a lot of shops I went into all over Mexico!
Okay, while that is the truth, I don't think you want to risk it....you never know if those pills are real or not. Couldn't believe the guys buying the Viagra!
Communicate your concerns via email with the surgeon's office in Mexico. Ask for their pain med 'progression' list. What they would give you first, second, etc.... As an alternative, ask your PCP to write a script for what you can take and fill it here prior to traveling. They may not do it, but it is worth a try. Just make certain that you travel with the labeled Rx bottle.

~ I am the proud wife of a Guatemalan, but most people call me Kimberley
Highest Known Weight = 370# / 59.7 bmi @ 5'6"
Current Weight = 168# / 26.4 bmi : fluctuates 5# either way @ 5'7" / more than 90% EWL
Normal BMI (24.9) = 159#: would have to compromise my muscle mass to get here without plastics, so this is not a goal.

I my DS. Don't go into WLS without knowing ALL of your options: DSFacts.com

I'm a DSer
on 11/19/08 11:06 am

There is liquid Lortab. Unfortunately, Lortab gave me a severe allergic reaction that I was unaware of, once I was out of surgery and in the step down ICU, that included vomiting and it was very painful to vomit once you are out of surgery and off the morphine drip. I was then given tynelol with codeine and crush them in order to ingest them, after they remove the morphine pump. I crushed it, added it into a small amount of water and drink it. I also had in addition to the tynelol other pain meds, once I was home, since my pain was extreme and unbearable. I will say, it taste awful and very chalky to crush them down and ingest as is or mixed with water But, I had to do what I needed to help ease my pain level. Speak to your surgeon about it and if there is any other pain meds you are able to take once you have surgery that you can tolerate and take.

HW 305/SW 247/CW 130/LW 115/GW 140
BMI = 23.7 3+ yrs post-op
stomach = 3.5 oz, common channel = 125 cm

BuckeyeSylvia
on 11/19/08 2:47 pm - Small Town, OH

DS on 01/10/08

I've never been able to tolerate any pain meds (vicodine, oxycontin, etc.) but I found that morphine was not an issue at all. I have no idea why as it was my understanding that they are all related and in the same pain-med family.
As far as the vomitting, my doctor prescribed phenergan with the post op pain meds. I didn't need the pain meds (once I got off morphine in the hospital) but I did use the phenergan at night to help me sleep. Although it's a med for nausia, it totally knocked me out.

HW/SW/CW/GW 231/225/123/130-125
~Surgeon's Goal of Normal BMI reached at 6 months Post Op~
~Personal Goal Range achieved at less than 10 months Post Op~

Redhaired
on 11/19/08 9:48 pm - Mouseville, FL

DS on 07/13/06

I get a similar reaction to many pain meds. With my plastics I get morphine in the hospital and they have been sending me home with dilaudid. The dilaudid does not make sick the way the others do. You might want to ask for that.

Red

JennType1
on 11/20/08 12:48 am - Middle of, TN

DS on 05/11/09

FYI, dilaudid is a form of morphine (says the long-time migraine sufferer!), so maybe there is something to morphine-type pain meds not inducing as much nausea in some people. Me, I've never noticed. On the topic of nausea, if fenergan doesn't work, make them give you zofran. Zofran was developed for chemo patients, and it's now generic and available orally-dissolving, so you don't have to worry about tummy issues. Fenergan doesn't do jack for me, but 8mg of zofran and I'm at least a non-puking person.

Jenn
Type 1 diabetic, 26 years
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