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Re: Please help...Scared out of my mind...please help me!!!!
From: Defikie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Sep 13 22:39:49 2007
The one thing I would worry about is the vomiting due to the narcotics
you are taking. Percoset has 5mg of OXYCODONE and 325mg of TYLENOL. If
you are naive to narcotic pain meds, THEY CAN MAKE YOU PUKE A LOT!!!! I
know when my wisdom teeth came out, I puked black blood from my stomach
because they let some drain down my throat but the Percoset also made me
very very ill and didn't work at all. After 3 days I could finally keep
the pain meds down and not get sick and I was getting relief but still
not enough. Then I was put on 10mg of morphine....which is just
morphine no tylenol or anything. It is about 1/2 as strong as oxycodone
and causes all kinds of side effects and is worse as a narcotic than
oxycodone because vomiting is much worse with morphine, pain control in
specific areas (like low back, headache, teeth) is not as well
controlled, and your mind does many many crazy things. Get used to the
Percoset, skip the supp. anti-nausea meds and ask for ONDONSETRON
instead. Take 3 Percoset every 4 hours if needed but be sure to watch
your breathing and make sure you take deep breaths everyonceinawhile and
if your breathing becomes a problem cut your does because narcotics like
that can really slow breathing and reduce oxygen intake.
At Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Heather wrote:
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>Colleen, i'm not sure what to say but that you make the doctor listen to you, you make tem at the er do something...obviously you are very sick, this is not supposed to happen, i mean the severe bleeding...have you taken your temp? i know when i had my lap last month every one was concerned if my temp got up to 101 so they made me take it like every 2 hrs for about 4 days....if you are doing all that you wrote about i would be scared out of my mind too, but you have to remind yourself that you're on some pretty heavy drugs.....you need to be sure and have someone you trust with you..and you need to call your doc until you talk to him.,...call every hour if you have to...
>I'm so sorry you're going through this.....i'm here for ya you're not alone!
>PFW Blue
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>>From: Colleen Morse
>>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO
>>Subject: Re:Please help...Scared out of my mind...please help me!!!!
>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 03:09:45 -0500
>>
>>Dear Angels,
>>
>>Well I was horribly optimistic about the lap that I had on April 13th in hoping that with my new docotr, an endo specialist, maybe just maybe things would get better for me and I wouldn't have to deal with so much pain. I have been slightly discouraged the last two days because I am totally run down from the surgery as well as a lot of other things. The lap was successful like I told you all earlier in that he lasered the endo off where he found it and did a thourough check of my entire abdominal area. My problems didn't begin until i got home Fri and I couldn't get the pain to stop. I was taking one percocet every four hours and it wasn't cutting it so I called my doc and he said that it was fine for me to take two every four hours. Well, that seemed to help a little but then by Sunday I was vomiting everything I ate or drank even water. I also had really bad bleeding which they say is to be expected but it isn't supposed to be a ton. I was still vomiting on Monday when I spoke with the on call doc again and he said to go to the nearest Er because I was sick too long and now i was passing huge clots that I have never seen before. I'm talking over half dollar size. I thought i was hemmoraging. I was freaked out and went to the Er. The doc there did blood work and hooked me up to two IV's since I was severely dehydrated. and offered no explanation about the bleeding. He gave me different pain meds since they werent working because I was vomiting them up and put me on morphine. So Tues eve i got the morphine...still taking the percs during the day to tide me over, and started taking them Tues night (i couldn't get to the pharmacy because i can't drive and i needed a roomie to take me). Got them started hallucinating. Shapes coming out of walls. Ants everywhere scary shit to put it politely. Called my doc's office. Told me to stay on pain meds since they were working and he or a nurse would call back. Never did. Called on call doc...no answer back. I am extremely fr
ustrated. I am staying on the morphine because I can take it better than the percs but these side effects are scaring the hell out of me. I am still vomiting even with anti naseau suppositories and I am still bleeding horribly (over pad an hour) and passing the clots. I'm scared and I went back to the er tonight and they said that they can't do anything more for me. Both my first two lps went fine...only complications were a kidney infection after the second one...this is scaring me and I know that my doc would talk to me, but i honestly don't think he's getting the messages. I don't know what to do. I can't stand hallucinating or vomiting or bleeding anymore and I think something really bad is happening and no one can find me an answer. I don't know.....never had this before. I'm sorry this is really long but I am really scared and my mom is freaked out because she's two hours away and can't drive so she can't come help me in anyway, and I am totally dependent on my college roommates to take me everywhere and whatnot. Has anyone else had something like this following a Lap? Please if you have write to me because I really need to know what the hell is happening. Sorry about the language. I'm just really upset.
>>Colleen
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