Of course reading that title it makes it look like I'm addicted to the stuff or something. That is actually not the case.
On Friday I had my surgery. When I woke up in the recovery room, I can remember two things. Incredible pain, like pain so strong that I think I lept off the stretcher. And the nurse telling me that I'd been out for a really long time.
Thankfully she determined that the pain was severe and went to the drug cupboard and came back with morphine very quickly. That's all I remember for a while. I couldn't see anything because I didn't have my contacts in so everything is even more fuzzy than it already was just from coming out of the anesthetic. My dad came in to see me, and I really don't remember a whole lot of that. I do remember that he was there though.
At some point the nurse came back and again asked me how I was doing and I must have mumbled incoherently about the pain because she gave me more morphine. At that point things start to come into focus a little bit. My mom came in to see me, and I latched onto her hand and didn't let her go. So they didn't make her leave. It was good. Because then while I was doing my incoherent ramblings it was mom that was having to listen to them, and not the nurses.
I don't exactly remember leaving the recovery room, but somehow I ended up back in Same Day Surgery. And we seemed to be there forever. I wanted to go home, but they wouldn't let me. Eventually I got out of bed and ended up sitting in the chair beside it just to prove that I was ready to leave. Mostly because we were concerned about getting to the pharmacy before it closed. I can't imagine how I'd have gotten through that night without any pain killers.
So, now morphine is my friend, as is codiene. :)
I'm starting to feel a bit better anyway. There's still incredible pain, and I realized the hard way last night that I shouldn't be eating, but all in all, I think things are ok. We'll see how I feel tomorrow. Hopefully good enough to stop taking all these painkillers. Because on Tuesday I have to go to the eye doctor, and I don't think they recommend driving while high on tylenol 3's.
Posted by Michelle at May 11, 2003 07:01 AM