Posted by Jill D on October 09, 2000 at 16:11:17:

In Reply to: Tell me now... posted by Maria (Bos) on October 09, 2000 at 13:46:29:

Hehehehe....well, that might be a better description of the feeling than anything else I can come up with. I remember laying in the recovery room listening to someone groaning LOUDLY and wishing that person would PLEASE BE QUIET!!!....then I realized it was ME!! (How embarassing!) Yes, there definitely was pain upon waking up, but I was pretty "out-of-it" Later in the evening, I started to really feel more pain, despite demoral injections (I think?), and the nurse called the doc and then (finally!!) they added a morphine pump PCA to my IVs. After that I didn't feel much pain (I also didn't make much sense when I talked to people for the next 24 hours - words were pretty slurred hehehe). After about the first 24 hours they removed the morphine and I did okay as the pain lessened pretty quickly. After I started being able to eat and drink again the next day, they started me on just tylenol #3 and they have been adequate ever since - in hospital I took 2 every 4 hours, now I'm down to 1 every 4 hours. So, all-in-all, it's really not too bad. Hope that answers your question - I like the truck comparison :)
God bless your day
Jill