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dmcowen674

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Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
Originally posted by: tontod
Good luck Heather. I heard from a coworker that your body gets used to Vicodin after a while, it stops being effective. Hopefully they will give you something more effective that will help with the pain.

Yeah, I was taking about three a day and now I'm trying to take two or less. However, since my fibromyalgia has gotten worse again, I'm climbing back up. For my surgery in January, I had liquid Percocet and that helped a lot. If they can give me something at least that strong, I'll be okay.

Deleted member 139972 - My last sinus surgery wasn't too bad. I'm dreading the tonsils more than anything.

Enjoy lot's of TLC

Those Tonsils should've been gone 8 Surgeries ago, yikes.
 

hzl eyed grl

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Well, my surgery was at around 9:00 this morning. Everything went very well. I was expecting a lot more pain. I am, however, hurting like a mutha....but not as bad as I thought I would. I guess we'll see how I am a day or so from now. lol It looks like two craters were removed from the back of my throat. I had to take a dose of my Roxicet (Oxycodone) early because of the pain. Water is the best thing for me right now. It seems to be the one thing that really soothes the pain. Tim and I left the house this morning around 5:25, so we're probably going to lie down in a little while. :)

dmcowen - I've been wanting them out for a few years. They weren't really that big, but they were giving me problems. Grrrr. lol
 

FoBoT

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glad you are ok!
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hzl eyed grl

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Oh man....the pain has set in! OUCH!!!! All I've eaten today is ice cream. I had a Tastee-Freez on the way home from the hospital and I've been eating no-sugar-added ice cream at home. I've also been drinking water and that helps, but oh man.....I take the liquid Roxicet (Oxycodone) and it lasts for a little while, but NOT LONG ENOUGH!!!! lol
 

hzl eyed grl

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Originally posted by: LtPage1
youll be fine. good luck all the same.

I know I'll be fine. I JUST DON'T WANT TO HURT! :p lol

EDIT: The left side of my tongue is still numb. Is that normal?
 

hzl eyed grl

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Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
get well soon

Thank you. It would be nice if I was supposed to take the pain meds every hour instead of every four. LOL! :D
 

hzl eyed grl

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Okay, Tim took some better pics for me. The discharge papers said that the areas where my tonsils were would start turning white. It's doing what it's supposed to and hurting like a mutha.


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I couldn't open my mouth very wide, but he took better pics than I could. :)
 

aphex

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I need to get my tonsils taken out again.... I lost 15lbs in 2 weeks since i refused to eat anything except water and jello....
 

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Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
Okay, Tim took some better pics for me. The discharge papers said that the areas where my tonsils were would start turning white. It's doing what it's supposed to and hurting like a mutha.


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I couldn't open my mouth very wide, but he took better pics than I could. :)

Oh god...that's nasty :p

Hope it feels better.
 

hzl eyed grl

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Originally posted by: crab
Originally posted by: hzl eyed grl
Okay, Tim took some better pics for me. The discharge papers said that the areas where my tonsils were would start turning white. It's doing what it's supposed to and hurting like a mutha.


Number one

Number two

I couldn't open my mouth very wide, but he took better pics than I could. :)

Oh god...that's nasty :p

Hope it feels better.

Doesn't feel better, unfortunately. :( And yes....it does look nasty. I make Tim look at it every day. He just rolls his eyes and says he's already seen it. lol

As for the painkiller....I am taking liquid Roxicet (Oxycodone) and it works okay, I just can't seem to take it often enough. I'm supposed to take it every four hours, but the pain is bad enough to need it way sooner. Grrrrr! :p
 

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Just wait in about 7-10 days when the scab breaks off and you start vomiting bright pink blood.
 

hzl eyed grl

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Originally posted by: freebee
Just wait in about 7-10 days when the scab breaks off and you start vomiting bright pink blood.

I'm already spitting up blood all the time because I also had a sinus surgery. I have to irrigate my sinuses twice a day, spray them with saline as often as I can and also use Afrin. (That stuff is nasty!)
 

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you forgot to switch your camera to macro... i really really really want to see the detail

edit: i had my tonsilectomy like 5 years ago... wasnt too bad (i enoy needles and IVs). the scabs i had were white. i had to be rushed to the emergency room because i picked at it so much with q-tips that it swoll up so bad that it blocked my airway.
 

aphex

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.I am taking liquid Roxicet (Oxycodone) and it works okay, I just can't seem to take it often enough

Be very very careful with that stuff.... I was taking it the whole two weeks and went cold turkey one day.... It was HORRIBLE, went through total withdrawl.... I had to get back on it and ween myself off it.....

Honestly, its been a year and even hearing the name brings back the memories and my mouth salivates for the taste...