@NewToMe thank you for your supportive comments. Yeah...loud bad words...uggghhhh...I HATE it! It's difficult enough for me to manage disagreements when I'm feeling well. Feeling under the weather makes everything seem worse. But I notice any emotional tilt DEFINITELY exacerbates my physical pain.
So, it has been a rough few days but I'm managing. As I lose track of days here, Thursday night into Friday is the night/morning I recall as pretty awful. Decided to try hydrocodone (Norco...I still call them Vicodin) in lieu of oxycodone, per the direction of my OS's PA. Why the switch, I'm not quite sure.
After the usual, 12 midnight, 3:00 am, 6:00 am sleep/rest scenario, I woke around 8:30 am after taking one Norco (hydrocodone) for pain around 6:00 am. OMG! I made it to the bathroom and vomited. I was extremely dizzy & disoriented. My head felt like I had a 100 lb brick weight on it. I could barely open my eyes. I fell back onto the bed and couldn't lift myself. I felt like I might pass out. I was all alone with my furry kids and it was frightening.
I managed to get up around 11:00 am and felt only a bit better. I knew PT was coming to discharge me, so I had to get everything together with morning meds, quick ADLs, Ernie to the curb, etc. I remained nauseous, lightheaded, dizzy, etc with a pounding headache.
PT supervisor Jennifer came at 1:00 pm and she was quite nice. I'm discharged to outpatient PT but I have to arrange transportation. She was very concerned about my physical state and urged me to call my OS.
I called OS yesterday around 2:30 pm and explained what happened. OS discontinued the Norco, increased oxycodone to 10 mg po q3-4 hrs pro (which I primarily need for bedtime and pre-PT/post-PT) and he apparently added on a third med...Flexoril, Tramadol, etc...cannot remember which. Not sure why this third med was added on but I will not take it if I do not have pain that isn't controlled with Tylenol & oxycodone.
Here's the mess up...in order to receive any form of narcotic here in Michigan, a person must drive to the prescribing physician's office, show ID and pick up the written prescription...no telephone orders into pharmacies anymore. My OS is a 70 mile round trip from here. It's Saturday and the offices are closed 'til Monday.
I'm going to see if I can find someone to make the trip to my OS's office on Monday for the scripts. In the meantime, I'm parceling out the remaining oxycodone I have, stretching the pills out 'til next week (which I can do). My neighbor travels to my OS's area on Tuesdays to babysit one of her grandchildren. She will help me if I cannot get anyone to make the drive on Monday.
I doubt husband will want to back-track 70 miles Monday to my OS's office prior to going another 55 miles one way to work...uggghhhh. I don't even want o ask him, or make the request.
It will be okay. I just want to slowly and steadily get back on my feet. Keep reminding myself I am only at post-op Day #15. Despite it all, things here a very good.
Thank you, friends.