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Originally Posted by tinna
Hi! I am scheduled for surgery on Apr.3rd @ 9am. I am really nervous and would like some information on this. If anyone has had this surgery, can u plz let me know what ur experience was. What was the recovery time, pain meds. used, and any other info. would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank-you!!
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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.