I have aches in places I am not used to having aches.
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I have aches in places I am not used to having aches. This is very likely due to the recovery from my operation, but it has struck me over the last month how well I can deal with all my usual chronic pain things, and yet how difficult pain in new places is to cope with.
It absolutely throws me when I have pain in new areas, I find it difficult to think, move and speak. Yet I deal with a similar amount of pain on a daily basis, and that doesn't affect me in the same way.
I guess having the acute pain on top of the chronic pain probably plays into this quite a lot though.
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I have aches in places I am not used to having aches. This is very likely due to the recovery from my operation, but it has struck me over the last month how well I can deal with all my usual chronic pain things, and yet how difficult pain in new places is to cope with.
It absolutely throws me when I have pain in new areas, I find it difficult to think, move and speak. Yet I deal with a similar amount of pain on a daily basis, and that doesn't affect me in the same way.
I guess having the acute pain on top of the chronic pain probably plays into this quite a lot though.
@PetraPhoenix My ACDF surgery changed the pain I feel.
Instead of constant pain from my spinal cord being compressed, I now have constant pain from the area they operated on.
I’ll take this new pain over the old pain, though.
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@PetraPhoenix My ACDF surgery changed the pain I feel.
Instead of constant pain from my spinal cord being compressed, I now have constant pain from the area they operated on.
I’ll take this new pain over the old pain, though.
Interesting!
I am intrigued as to how this will play out in my own body. I do think that I would rather have the pain where I am used to it than at the operation site though
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Interesting!
I am intrigued as to how this will play out in my own body. I do think that I would rather have the pain where I am used to it than at the operation site though
@PetraPhoenix Yeah. I felt this pain after I woke up, so it’s not new/gradual.
IIRC they pushed aside my trachea to get access to my spine. I thought at first they had bruised it, but now I’m wondering if they tore something.
Basically constant pain in my throat that is worse with swallowing.
I don’t know how painful it actually is since I’ve been downing oxycodone every 4-5 hours and I’m a little afraid of finding out just where that pain rates without it.
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@PetraPhoenix Yeah. I felt this pain after I woke up, so it’s not new/gradual.
IIRC they pushed aside my trachea to get access to my spine. I thought at first they had bruised it, but now I’m wondering if they tore something.
Basically constant pain in my throat that is worse with swallowing.
I don’t know how painful it actually is since I’ve been downing oxycodone every 4-5 hours and I’m a little afraid of finding out just where that pain rates without it.
Yikes! Good luck with it!!
I was given morphine after my operation but it didn't seem to help me really. I found basic ibuprofen to be more effective, without the side effects that morphine gave me that were hindering my recovery. I do have some very odd reactions to drugs though, so I am well aware that other people's mileage will vary!
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Yikes! Good luck with it!!
I was given morphine after my operation but it didn't seem to help me really. I found basic ibuprofen to be more effective, without the side effects that morphine gave me that were hindering my recovery. I do have some very odd reactions to drugs though, so I am well aware that other people's mileage will vary!
@PetraPhoenix Can’t take ibuprofen or any NSAID.
I have the option of tylenol or oxycodone while this heals. Once its healed, I can go back on NSAIDs.
Again, I’d take this pain any day over what I was in prior.
Was also told that if I didn’t get the surgery I could become paralyzed. Also was told that one good hit could kill me.
