Advil Liquid Gel capsules -- recommended by my daughter-in-law who is a pain management doctor.
Nah that's not the good stuff. You want Oxycodone or any Opium based derivative. Euphoria and music
Na.Good luck Gimp!! Does this mean we can heckle you without getting a response
Had a nerve block of my right shoulder as part of the procedure.
floppy arm/hand not fun.
Thanks for the well wishes.
So,It looks like I won't be typing much for a week or two.
I've had an overuse problem, hurt like hell, but no surgery. Good luck.
...Yes, I'll wait till I see the nurse and ask her...
Why? Does she solder?
My insights from other knife-work:
1) your body can guide you. If it doesn't want to, don't.
2) after a week+, your brain gets ahead of your body. A month after a gut filet I was lifting heavy amps. This was probably too soon.
Of course if you need to plan your work,
Those pain meds are good for allowing some sleep during the first few days, but the clear and apparent side effect of becoming constipated is rarely considered, and the misery nearly makes it not worth it if you don't take counter measures. A decent doctor would address this, unfortunately most do not.
Hope you are sleeping well enough without...
Hope you are sleeping well enough without...
I switched to Ibuprofen yesterday afternoon, and today I've not taken anything for pain yet.
Has anyone had this surgery ?
How long till you were able to use your arm to do light work, like soldering.
Yes, I'll wait till I see the nurse and ask her, was just wondering.
I'm sure that you know by now that the nerve block was the right choice.
Do the rehab work, and all will be good.
> For a prostate biopsy you take the pain meds BEFORE the procedure.
That was the pain.
My butt-end was fine. I was so Novocained-up that I couldn't pee for over 8 hours.
Another job (I should just get a zipper), they gave me opiates for a key-hole gall-bladder job. Heck, I've made bigger wounds in myself with uglier chunks of metal. Opiates were complete over-drugging. (I didn't even get the script filled.)
That was the pain.
My butt-end was fine. I was so Novocained-up that I couldn't pee for over 8 hours.
Another job (I should just get a zipper), they gave me opiates for a key-hole gall-bladder job. Heck, I've made bigger wounds in myself with uglier chunks of metal. Opiates were complete over-drugging. (I didn't even get the script filled.)
I had my cuff re-sewn last fall. I slept in the living room in a recliner for about a month. First week was zero movement. I wore the sling for about three weeks. As long as you are not moving your shoulder, you should be able to do normal things with your hands after a week or two.
If you are hardly taking pain pills, you did a lot better than me. 60 oxys the first 2 weeks. It was rough (from what I remember anyways!). I don;t think I could have slept without them. I wish they would have offered me the nerve block, I just went under with general anesthetic. PT was hard but it definitely worked. Six months later and I am still doing the exercises, and I still get a little pain. It is better than it was though!
Get better - see if Cootie Browns will deliver! They had some all star sammiches last time I was there....
-Geoff
If you are hardly taking pain pills, you did a lot better than me. 60 oxys the first 2 weeks. It was rough (from what I remember anyways!). I don;t think I could have slept without them. I wish they would have offered me the nerve block, I just went under with general anesthetic. PT was hard but it definitely worked. Six months later and I am still doing the exercises, and I still get a little pain. It is better than it was though!
Get better - see if Cootie Browns will deliver! They had some all star sammiches last time I was there....
-Geoff
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