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Someone please help!!I left the hospital yesterday at 5:00 pm and around 10:00 pm all the pain kicked in.Why did I not read about how painful this process was I had no idea it was going to be this painful of a recovery . Seriously please tell me it gets better I am having major regret and I'm not trying to freak anyone out but this is no joke I feel so horrible.

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It will get significantly better each day. By day 4 I was not even taking any more pain meds. By day 10, feeling great. If you don't notice significant improvement with pain by day 4 or 5, you should reach out to your doctor. Also, if you have a fever, can't keep anything down, or are short of breath, you should reach out to your doctor. What pain meds were you sent home with?

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It will get significantly better each day. By day 4 I was not even taking any more pain meds. By day 10, feeling great. If you don't notice significant improvement with pain by day 4 or 5, you should reach out to your doctor. Also, if you have a fever, can't keep anything down, or are short of breath, you should reach out to your doctor. What pain meds were you sent home with?

He sent me home with a written prescription for oxycodone but we couldn't fill it because my insurance didn't cover it so I ended up taking Tylenol with codine that didn't work.i have a high pain tolerance so it's hard to find meds that help me with pain.this is unbearable.



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If those are gas pains, you need to walk walk and then walk some more. Everybody says it but it's important. You can use gasex strips. They help.


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I forgot about the gas x strips thank you for reminding me!



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Days 1 and 2 post-op were horrible for me. But, by Day 3, I started to rebound. Part of that was getting back into the world and walking outside rather than up and down the halls of my building. By my one-week post-op appointment with the surgeon's team, I was in pretty decent shape. Fatigue was an issue for 2 months, though.

The bottom line is that it will get better. Hang in there!

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