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Originally Posted by jpye  Percocet was a gift from the heavens for me. Way way way way way better than Lortab. It helped me so much I was able to swallow the percocet pills the entire time of my recovery. If you're afraid that you won't be able to, percocet does come in a liquid form and the name of it is Roxicet. |
Amen to that! I'm on day 9 (tonsillectomy, septoplasty, turbinate reduction) of recovery and there's no way I would have handled the pain as well as I am right now if I were taking Lortab. Tdooders1, I was given 2 pain meds, Lortab and Roxicet. The Lortab was the "weaker" one to be taken after the first rougher week covered by the Roxicet. The 2nd pain med was also a backup, in case I had a reaction to one of them. I took one dose of the Lortab and vomited several hours after my surgery. I was going to start with the "weaker" one and just wing it. So I switched to the Roxicet that I had and now that I'm on week 2, I got a refill on the Roxicet AND I'M SO GLAD I DISCONTINUED THE LORTAB. You are going to need something stronger than the Lortab and I'd hate to see you suffer. Please see if you can get the Roxicet JUST IN CASE. Who knows, you may have a reaction to one and need the other as I did. And believe me, you don't want a delay in getting your pain medication.
You should also ask for a prescription for Promethazine - it's for nausea/vomiting. I'm very surprised to hear that there is not a standard set of meds for this very common procedure. I'd almost bet that you will feel like throwing up. *Also*, a huge complaint of many is the swollen uvula (I'm assuming you have yours). I wasn't aware of this prior to surgery, but if I'm giving out advice, I'd say to get something for that too. After my surgery, and after I complained so much about it, my ENT gave me steriods to take to reduce the swelling of my uvula. By far, the uvula was the worst of my tonsillectomy experience. *And* if I had to do it over, I'd take some Xanax the night before surgery - you're going to need all the sleep you can get. That sleep is a MUST HAVE prior to surgery. I had lost so much sleep that I was delirious and that exacerbated my experience.
Right now, time is on your side. You also have all of this good advice from folks who are going through it at this very moment. Don't short change yourself. The day of my surgery (last week) was most definitely the most traumatizing day of my life.
With kind regards,
Mark
39 year old Male
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