Caretaker
Jan 31st 2021, 12:06 am
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Re: Caretaker
Originally Posted by caretaker
I just got back to the room after about 4 hrs in OR and 2 hrs in recovery to bring my BP down. The spinal anesthetic didn't t work very well so I had a general on top of that.
Jan 31st 2021, 12:06 am
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Re: Caretaker
Originally Posted by caretaker
I just got back to the room after about 4 hrs in OR and 2 hrs in recovery to bring my BP down. The spinal anesthetic didn't t work very well so I had a general on top of that.
Get a good night sleep and enjoy the hard boiled egg / scrambled egg / cereal / toast for breakfast!
Hope you are suitably dosed up with pain meds..
Jan 31st 2021, 12:13 am
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Re: Caretaker
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
Good to see you're back in the land of the living, that's a long time to be in surgery. I'm glad you had a general anesthetic (eventually), who wants to be awake when all that's going on.
Rest up, obey the nurses (!) and I hope you get something tasty to eat when you're feeling up to it.
Rest up, obey the nurses (!) and I hope you get something tasty to eat when you're feeling up to it.
Jan 31st 2021, 12:20 am
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Re: Caretaker
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Yup. If having sedation vs general...I always say, I do not want to see, hear or feel anything!
Jan 31st 2021, 12:31 am
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Re: Caretaker
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse
I'm with you. Since my last pain procedure under sedation, when I aspirated and stopped breathing, I've been given two choices - general anesthetic or no anesthetic/sedation at all. General's a bit radical for pain injections but no sedation when having injections deep into inflammed spinal tissue, facet joints and nerves? Decisions decisions
Jan 31st 2021, 1:38 am
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Re: Caretaker
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
My problem seems to be pain drugs, morphine or whatever they give you. They knock me out completely and I mean completely...I stop breathing.
Jan 31st 2021, 1:50 am
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Re: Caretaker
Originally Posted by caretaker
They gave me the full syringe in the IV in recovery, but over a 2 hour period. Hydromorphone doesn't hit me that hard for some reason and I have better results from oxytocin-ratio or T-3. The best thing for pain is that good old black Chinese opium, but it was always rare and still is. I'm getting oxygen through a nose hose now and it leaves my throat parched so not sure how long I can keep that on.
Jan 31st 2021, 11:15 am
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Jan 31st 2021, 3:38 pm
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Re: Caretaker
Originally Posted by caretaker
I just got back to the room after about 4 hrs in OR and 2 hrs in recovery to bring my BP down. The spinal anesthetic didn't t work very well so I had a general on top of that.
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
4 hrs....what did they do a brain transplant? Sleep well tonight and hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. How long will you be in hospital for?
Sleep well tonight and hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. How long will you be in hospital for?
