Hi Tinna,

I saw your post both here and in the other thread about the surgery. Best of luck today.

Pain meds that I took: Morphine while in hospital (they tried switching me to Vicodin while I was in there but that really messed me up.) Morphine for the first week post-op at home then Tylenol as needed. It wasn't long before I was off all pain meds.

Recovery time is in the weeks timeline. You're looking at about 6 weeks give or take with a few visits to your surgeon to review x-rays and make sure everything is straight and not clicking on you.

Keep your "heart" pillow close. Hug it before you cough... seriously.

Again, good luck.

Brian.