Pain Management with My On-Q Pump

[michelle0721 13]

I had my VSG this morning. During my procedure the surgeon put the ON-Q pump (this is not a narcotic pump). Because of this pump I have absolutely no pain in or around my surgical area. I’m walking a lot more than the other ladies that had their procedure this Morning with another. Since I’m waking some I have little to no gas. I would recommend all future patients talk to there doctor about this pump. It really helps.

What is ON-Q
ON-Q* is a postoperative, non-narcotic pain relief system designed to deliver local anesthetic to or near the surgical site through specially designed catheters – Providing patients days of targeted pain relief after surgery.

[Biddy zz 🏳️🌈 1,003]

I had this too! Bloody miracle!!! I had open surgery, 8 inch scar - and no surgical pain!!

Last week I had my gallbladder out, laparoscopic. Tiny incision in my belly button without the xylocaine pump was way worse!

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

I had it, too. It was a miracle worker. And it lets you go with much lower doses of opioid pain killers, so you don't have all the side-effects like Constipation. I did still need pain killers, but that was for spasms in my lower back, not the surgery. Did you guys remove your catheters yourself?

[okayestmom 232]

I had one of these as well, I did remove it myself. Wasn't bad even when I took it out. I took the tylenol with codeine to help me sleep sitting up (gas pain). At least it kept me asleep for two hours at a time. I probably didn't need the codeine for pain since it did nothing for gas pain. It does sort of make you not care that it hurts though...

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

38 minutes ago, okayestmom said:

I had one of these as well, I did remove it myself. Wasn't bad even when I took it out. I took the tylenol with codeine to help me sleep sitting up (gas pain). At least it kept me asleep for two hours at a time. I probably didn't need the codeine for pain since it did nothing for gas pain. It does sort of make you not care that it hurts though...

I took mine out, it felt all squiggly inside The whole idea totally freaked out my hubby, though!

[Mhy12784 423]

ON-Q pumps are an old dying thing. They're often filled with Naropin. They work fine, but now there is Exparel. Which basically works the same as an ON-Q pump, but instead of a giant ball hanging out of your abdomen by ON-Q catheters that you have to carry around. They just inject the exparel into you and it works for 48 to 72 hours just like the ON-Q without all the crap sticking out of and attached to you.

We used to use on-qs for every bariatric case and many other cases, now they're almost completely extinct from our hospital. And ON-QS have quite a reputation for falling out and getting removed prematurely. They sometimes would even fall out before patients got out of the operating room

Edited June 20, 2018 by Mhy12784