Hey everybody!

Made it through the surgery, not the best experience of my life, but I lived to tell the tale!

I'm home now and on the liquid diet. I t was so nice to sleep in my own bed and next to my wonderful husband who never left my side in the hospital (except for in the OR).

What pain control did everyone have post-op? I'm very interested to find out, I'm a nurse and was planning to do a paper on VSG and pain control.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Hi

I am having my VSG in a week and I am worried as I am also allergic to Morphine. I gave them all the info but I am still afraid they will give me something with morphine in it by mistake. What did you take for apin that does not have any morphine in it?

thanks

I am an RN as well (new grad). I am not sure what they gave me in the hospital (guess I should have asked). I was so out of it. I got pain meds and anti-nausea meds IV in the hospital. Went home the next day with liquid pain med, HYDROCODONE/APAP 7.5MG/500MG/15ML. They were going to give me Roxicet liquid for home, but they had me try it in the hospital and it made me vomit. I know they were going to give me morphine in the hospital for pain after surgery, but I am allergic. I wish I could remember what I got in the hospital!

Glad you made it thru surgery okay! How are you feeling?

My VSG was outpatient ... I was sent to recover with a Q Pain Ball and liquid Vicodin. The pain ball was finished in 2 days (should have been 3 & my surgeon was upset that the recovery nurse had "opened" it too much).

The pain was quite more than I expected the first night, but not so bad that I required inpatient stay. I used the liquid Vicodin for 3 days, and then went to liquid Tylenol (OTC) for the next two or three. I did take the liquid Vicodin at night for about a week just to help me sleep since it was so hard to find a comfortable spot (I am normally a tummy sleeper).

Hope that helps.

Morphine drip with a button at the hospital, Lortab liquid at home. It really helped the first two days, then I could stop using it. Lortab is liquid hydrocodone with acetaminophen.

Hey everybody!

Made it through the surgery, not the best experience of my life, but I lived to tell the tale!

I'm home now and on the liquid diet. I t was so nice to sleep in my own bed and next to my wonderful husband who never left my side in the hospital (except for in the OR).

What pain control did everyone have post-op? I'm very interested to find out, I'm a nurse and was planning to do a paper on VSG and pain control.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Also an RN here! Since I'm highly allergic to the majority of narcotics I was given tylenol. But after all these surgeries (18 major) I have learned how to divert and don't really anything much other then tylenol for pain. Thanks!