C-Section back pain

This fear
of addiction has made it difficult for those who really do
experience chronic pain to be adequately treated.

correct, I suffered with a terrible pain from beginning of June for a couple
of months, I only ever got morphine when in A&E, yet I'd be in agony
disturbing all the other patients on the ward, but they wouldn't take my
pain away because they didn't know what it was and labelled it chronic pain,
as it turned out I had torn my abdominal wall above my appendix, not
surpising it was painful.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:15:38 -0500, "Nikki"
scribbled:

Nan wrote:

I think a lot may depend on whether a person may have a tendency
towards addiction, also. I must not, because after all the morphine
(highly addictive) and vicodin I got after surgery, I didn't have
problems. But I also alternated the vicodin with ibuprofen during the
early days, and eventually got to only taking the ibuprofen.
I still have some vicodin left in the cupboard. It's good for my
really bad sinus headaches ;-)

Nan

I was prescribed vicodin last summer (and still keep it for bad headaches)
and I had a terrible time falling asleep when I no longer needed it. I
didn't take much of it either but I tended to take it in the evening.

I always took the vicodin at night, too. I don't recall having
trouble falling asleep, but I can imagine it might disrupt your body's
natural ability to fall asleep.

Nan

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:19:00 +0100, "Anne Rogers"
scribbled:

This fear
of addiction has made it difficult for those who really do
experience chronic pain to be adequately treated.

correct, I suffered with a terrible pain from beginning of June for a couple
of months, I only ever got morphine when in A&E, yet I'd be in agony
disturbing all the other patients on the ward, but they wouldn't take my
pain away because they didn't know what it was and labelled it chronic pain,
as it turned out I had torn my abdominal wall above my appendix, not
surpising it was painful.

Yikes :-(
In the US, hospitals list pain control in the patient's rights.
I do remember having to specifically ask for something for pain when
my incision opened up, though. At least the nurse didn't delay in
getting that hooked up as soon as I asked!

Nan

Ericka Kammerer wrote:

More than that, I think it depends on whether you're
really in pain. People who have serious chronic pain can use
staggering amounts of narcotics without getting addicted.

This is very true. My mom was on so much morphine at the end of her
struggle with cancer that the local hospital absolutely refused to give it
to her. Initially we also had trouble with the pharmacy and getting it.
She was completely lucid and able to carrry on a conversation etc. She was
clearly very sick but she was not 'dopey'. They thought for sure it would
kill her. We had to throw an absolute hissy fit and they finally called the
specialist that prescribed it all to verify the doses and methods instead of
going of the hospital doctors orders. She wasn't expected to recover so the
addiction concern was not a factor.

This fear
of addiction has made it difficult for those who really do
experience chronic pain to be adequately treated.

I think treatment for pain is pathetic and doesn't draw nearly enough
attention/research. We should have better treatments. Run away pain is a
lousy way to end a life and I can't imagine how bad it would be to live with
it in a non-terminal type situation.

--
Nikki

"Rene" wrote in message
. com...
Hello
Last week I had my Second child in a scheduled c-section. the anastisia
was
local with a spinal shot.. I was released home after 4 days and now my
back
hurts, is this normal after having a spinal shot? I was given some pain
medication but I do not want to get hooked on those.
Should I be worries about my back.
ThankX



I have pretty bad backache this time (almost 4 months post-partum, 4th
c-section). But I put it down to the 6 attempts to get the spinal in. I
don't take anything for it though.

Yikes :-(
In the US, hospitals list pain control in the patient's rights.
I do remember having to specifically ask for something for pain when
my incision opened up, though. At least the nurse didn't delay in
getting that hooked up as soon as I asked!

my problem was that pain relief has to be written up by doctors but every
time I was admitted I was under the care of the gynaecologists, but as it
wasn't a gynaecological problem they wouldn't actually see me, but nor would
they pass me on to anyone else, it was appaulling, I'm planning to write a
letter of complaint.

Rene wrote:
Hello
Last week I had my Second child in a scheduled c-section. the anastisia was
local with a spinal shot.. I was released home after 4 days and now my back
hurts, is this normal after having a spinal shot? I was given some pain
medication but I do not want to get hooked on those.
Should I be worries about my back.
ThankX



Hurts how? If it's a local bruised feeling around the site, and a
feeling of general weakness there then yes it's normal after a spinal or
epidural.
Other pain in your back my be related to the changing size of your
breasts and slouching to feed the baby if it's mid to shoulder high. And
lower back pain and hip pain can be from loose abdominals and
readjustments to posture pulling on things.
Does your hospital have a physiotherapist? After my c/section the physio
came to see me and also held new mum and c/section classes daily we
could go to in the hospital to get posture tips and some simple post
birth exercises. ask your care provider if you can get some assistance
in that regard.
Do take the pain meds, they will help you get through this time until
you start to heal and get stronger. It's unlikely you will get hooked
unless you already have an existing dependency problem, in which case
ask your caregiver for a different prescription.

Andrea

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:28:24 -0500, "Nikki" wrote:

This is very true. My mom was on so much morphine at the end of her
struggle with cancer that the local hospital absolutely refused to give it
to her. Initially we also had trouble with the pharmacy and getting it.
She was completely lucid and able to carrry on a conversation etc. She was
clearly very sick but she was not 'dopey'. They thought for sure it would
kill her.

You know, how stupid can people be? You're talking about a terminal
cancer patient; you do whatever the hell you can to make their last
days/weeks/months comfortable.

(Thankfully, this is not a problem we had as my mother was dying, but
what a horrible nightmare for those it happens to.)

Kathy Cole wrote:

You know, how stupid can people be? You're talking about a terminal
cancer patient; you do whatever the hell you can to make their last
days/weeks/months comfortable.

You got that right. In this case it was less then 24 hours that she was
actually in the hospital so really - what was their problem. It was down
right unethical if you ask me.

--
Nikki

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:49:08 -0400, Kathy Cole
scribbled:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:28:24 -0500, "Nikki" wrote:

This is very true. My mom was on so much morphine at the end of her
struggle with cancer that the local hospital absolutely refused to give it
to her. Initially we also had trouble with the pharmacy and getting it.
She was completely lucid and able to carrry on a conversation etc. She was
clearly very sick but she was not 'dopey'. They thought for sure it would
kill her.

You know, how stupid can people be? You're talking about a terminal
cancer patient; you do whatever the hell you can to make their last
days/weeks/months comfortable.

(Thankfully, this is not a problem we had as my mother was dying, but
what a horrible nightmare for those it happens to.)

It is a nightmare. We had this fight with my mother during her last
weeks. But then, we had to argue to get "No Code" put on her chart,
so it doesn't surprise me. Families facing the death of a loved one
shouldn't have to face these problems.

Nan