Has anyone had the On-Q Pain Pump???

Has anyone had the On-Q Pain Pump inserted while you are still in surgery? My doctor used a method of pain management called the On-Q Pain Pump. It is inserted in your largest incision while you are still in surgery. The catheter is like a soaker hose that drips Marcaine to the site for 3-5 days. The pump is on the outside and looks like a little ball.  It administers the medication on it's own. Anyone had this?

Thanks,
Jess 

I had it when my RNY was done.  I think because of the pain pump I really didn't need to use my morphine pump much.

Christy

 

I had my surgery in November and I had the On-Q.. it was great.. I was not in hardly any pain.. I used less morphine then most and I feel I was able to get up and walk more because of it.. walking is so important... Also he told me that even after the removal it would last for hours, just like novacaine does in your mouth.. they removed it just before I left the hospital and the 4 hour ride home was not bad at all.. I had dreaded that becasue I had heard so many horror stories about the ride home and that was from people that lived by their hospital.. so I was very pleased with the On-Q pain pump.. best device I have seen for pain after a surgery..

Prayers are with you for your upcoming surgery for an uneventful surgery.. Also for a less painful recovery..

Remember walk walk walk..


huggs---

I absolutely hated it.  It didn't help with my pain, I had to wear this large bag around by neck that held the medication and it was very uncomfortable.  I was getting "neck burn" from the straps.  Ultimately it fell out within 18 hours and leaked the brown medication all over the place.  It was especially uncomfortable underneath the binder they had me wear.  Ultimately the morphine pump was way better.  But that's just me.

The On-Q pump in my experience was painless and didn't get in the way at all. Its a small ball carried around in a baggy and its full of lidocaine so it helps with numbing of your incisions. I wasn't in much pain during my stay at the hospital. I used very little morphin and when they took that away over the next 2 days I only asked for a pain pill 2x and that was to help me get to sleep. Depending on your doctor you can go home with the On-Q pump if there is still medication left in the ball..as for me I removed my own the day I went home. It was completely painless doing so. Just a couple of small tubes running inside a incision. You will do fine and trust me you will want this in the end. Good luck..soon will be your day.


Christy Lynn

Yep, I had it. I think mine actually went into like two of my incisions. I still used my morphine pump but I'm sure the on-Q helped a lot! My was actualy stiched in with like one stitch or two so I wasn't worried about it falling out or anything. Good luck hun!

I had it - I think it helped with pain because i didn't need much pain medicine.  I agree with the other poster it was a pain to have it hanging around your neck all the time.  My doc taped the heck out of my stomach and that held the tubes in place.  After it emptied out my wife removed the tape and pulled the tubes out.  That was painless.

P.

What Patrick said-- maybe it helped, but I couldnt' tell what it was doing, if anything, and the thing around your neck was annoying.  The nurse pulled it out when I was discharged, and I'm glad she did (although she gave me the option of doing it myself at home when it ran out)-- there was a lot of tubing down that incision, and I wouldn't have wanted to take it out myself. 

I have had one three times (open RNY, hernia repair, and tummy tuck) and LOVED it each time.  It really helped control the pain.  (I *thought* it was not helping when I had the hernia repair, because I still needed some significant pain meds, but when it ran out I realized how much it HAD been helping!  OUCH!)  

Having the bag around my neck did not bother me at all and removal is a breeze.

Lora