General Medical issues thread

[Pushka]

I have only had oxycodone once and it was glorious. I hope I never need it again.

Just prior to having a lumbar disc removed I was given a wonderful pre op. Was waiting on the gurney outside the theatre when the surgeon came to see me. I had a big grin on my face. He asked why I was smiling. I said it was the first time in 2 months where I wasn’t experiencing extreme pain.

 

[Milboo]

Been to see a decent sports Physio yet?

 

[cove]

My pool physio gave me a series of back and hip exercises and the pain disappeared. I have used a Chiro too but that was a couple of years ago. I have stopped unloading 40 foot shipping containers and my back is thankful that I stopped that years ago. Losing about 10 kilos has helped too and I want to drop another 10kgs next year.
Going to the US and returning home the same weight is something that I have been working on in 2018.
I do want to get my blood readings better so my super slim cardiologist is impressed when I see him in 2019.

 

[blackcat20]

I have only had oxycodone once and it was glorious. I hope I never need it again.

I've been given it numerous times after surgery but I never take it, too scared to get addicted.

 

[QF WP]

Picked up a spot of olecranon bursitis.
Had it a bit over a week now. Not painful but damn annoying.

I can so relate to the pain and annoyance of bursitis - I had mine in shoulder and even after an ultrasound guided shot of steroi_s (which didn't work), it was back to Viclofen and Ibuproten every 3 hours. The it moved to my hip. Gee, that was January 2016. Time flies

 

[JohnK]

As soon as one area feels pain then you change your gait/posture accordingly when can then set up an issue in another area.

LOL. Woke up this morning with pain at the lower front of my left knee and most other pains gone. Noticeable discomfort when walking.

 

[drron]

When I was a young fellow at Uni I had a dental extraction.The fellow was pretty brutal and after he gave me the popular pain drug of the day-Doloxene Co.Told me to take 2.i remember literally dancing down Martin Place and singing to myself-I've got pain but I don't care.
Decided that was scary so until my knee replacement I kept away from any narcotic.

 

[Pushka]

When I was a young fellow at Uni I had a dental extraction.The fellow was pretty brutal and after he gave me the popular pain drug of the day-Doloxene Co.Told me to take 2.i remember literally dancing down Martin Place and singing to myself-I've got pain but I don't care.
Decided that was scary so until my knee replacement I kept away from any narcotic.

And in those situations things can go bad very quickly.

 

[Renato1]

I've been given it numerous times after surgery but I never take it, too scared to get addicted.

Endones are 5 mg of Oxycodone. Targin 20mg is like four Endones on slow release.

I was on two 20mg Targins for two months before my operation, and two 20 mg Targins and six Endones a day for three weeks after my operation (i.e. 14 Endones equivalent a day) then eased back to two 20mg Targins a day for several more weeks. Before I finally eased off and was taking a 20mg Targin only on Rehab days. The Rehab Doctor then told me off, said I shouldn't be going from 20mg Targin to nothing next day, and insisted I take 10mg Targins on non-Rehab days.

So, that was four months of high doses of Oxycodone. I switched to Tramadol for a few weeks, then to Ibuprofens.

Never had an urge for an Oxycodone since.

Based on a sample of one (me) I wouldn't be that worried about getting addicted to minuscule doses of Oxycodone after surgery.
Regards,
Renato

 

[Flying mermaid]

Based on another sample of one, it was scary how fast Ms FM became addicted after taking it after surgery. I think it is probably varies greatly from person to person. Given the huge problems with opioid addiction, I am steering clear and so is Ms FM.

 

[rogerkambah]

Based on another sample of one, it was scary how fast Ms FM became addicted after taking it after surgery. I think it is probably varies greatly from person to person. Given the huge problems with opioid addiction, I am steering clear and so is Ms FM.

I'm not worried about the addiction but I am worried about being given an od and then suffering an ABI.

I've not felt the need for strong pain analgesia after hip or major abdominal surgery.

However just slipped off a low stool and landed on my sacrum. It doesn't have much padding so is smarting a bit. Glad it wasn't my coccyx. Now that hurts.

 

[love_the_life]

I'm not worried about the addiction but I am worried about being given an od and then suffering an ABI.

I've not felt the need for strong pain analgesia after hip or major abdominal surgery.

However just slipped off a low stool and landed on my sacrum. It doesn't have much padding so is smarting a bit. Glad it wasn't my coccyx. Now that hurts.

Yes, didn’t you OD after surgery that luckily your wife picked up and called for medical assistance. Anaesthetist didn’t bother to monitor?
Hope rump improves soon. Ouch.

 

[rogerkambah]

Yes, didn’t you OD after surgery that luckily your wife picked up and called for medical assistance. Anaesthetist didn’t bother to monitor?
Hope rump improves soon. Ouch.

Actually the anaesthetist OD'd me and then went off. As I was the last op of the day it seems like recovery could have also been in a hurry to get me back to my room.
Luckily my wife was there to summon a nurse when my breathing became very slow and shallow.
An attempt was also made to contact the anaesthetist but she had left the building and turned off her mobile phone, Talk about a 9-5 job. Health fund had to pick up a $1500 tab for the overnight stay in ICU that should not have been required.

Rump is doing fine.

 

[love_the_life]

Actually the anaesthetist OD'd me and then went off. As I was the last op of the day it seems like recovery could have also been in a hurry to get me back to my room.
Luckily my wife was there to summon a nurse when my breathing became very slow and shallow.
An attempt was also made to contact the anaesthetist but she had left the building and turned off her mobile phone, Talk about a 9-5 job. Health fund had to pick up a $1500 tab for the overnight stay in ICU that should not have been required.

Rump is doing fine.

Sorry I meant that the anaesthetist was the one who caused the problem, not that you did anything. I know it was nothing to do with your actions at all.

 

[Quickstatus]

Targin is a combination of oxycodone and naloxone

ICU stay now around $4000 a night and normal bed about $950 a night

 

[cove]

Very reasonable compared with hospitals in the US Quickstatus.

 

[Flashback]

Very reasonable compared with hospitals in the US Quickstatus.

Makes the Ritz Carlton seem like a bargain.

 

[VPS]

Makes the Ritz Carlton seem like a bargain.

Have you tried claiming a night there from your medical provider

 

[drron]

Have you tried claiming a night there from your medical provider

But hospitals have been known to put patients up in luxury hotels.

NEW mothers are being offered a night in a luxury hotel - with a free bottle of bubbly and buffet breakfast - if they leave hospital early.
The Mater Hospital in North Sydney has sent a letter to parents offering an "exclusive" stay at the city's Four Seasons Hotel if they agree to discharge from the maternity ward "prior to the completion of the standard care plan."

The offer, which can be redeemed within 12 months of the birth, gives them one night in a harbour-view room.

We’re for Sydney | Daily Telegraph

Usually though it is not such an upmarket hotel
Hotel used as hospital to free up beds

 

[JohnK]

Based on a sample of one (me) I wouldn't be that worried about getting addicted to minuscule doses of Oxycodone after surgery.

I don't think you'd be surprised at the number of people who get addicted to prescription medication.

I was hallucinating on Endone in hospital. There are some who spend hundreds a week on illegal drugs to achieve the same state.