- Odd Question? 23rd January 2005
... in the beginning of recovery.
My bed is residual morphine , or an antibiotic while in the hospital, or pain meds...
- Surgery Went Well, Not As Bad As I Had Thought! 23rd January 2005
... Before Returning To The Zoo At My House. I Was On Morphine For The First Day After Surgery And I Was Itching...
- Any recommendations for new pain meds? 23rd January 2005
... not afraid to prescribe Methadone to me, and later Morphine for my chronic pain....
- I Hate My Fusion!! 22nd January 2005
... the surgery - and that was only a 7 day supply of morphine ( made me feel like I was floating in mid-air when...
- Surgery Set.. 19th January 2005
... will talk to you all on the otherside. Lap top and morphine here we go. :) :) :) :) :) :)...
- bone matrix mixed with your own bone? 19th January 2005
... without my brace. I was hooked up to a PCA pump with morphine (thank goodness for that!) and I had a catheter, as...
- Big Mistake!! 19th January 2005
... almost the same thing, except they use dye, but it took Morphine to help me then.
She aggravated the area. The worst ... have been told after the surgery they need to use Morphine for the first 24 hours. But not him, he said he will...
... me that the pain meds in the hospital are stronger ( MORPHINE , DEMEROL, etc...) until you can be worked down to...
- anterior/posterior fusion 18th January 2005
... remember. Between the anesthesia wearing off, the morphine wearing off, the drugs you're on, and the fact that...
- ESI & Facet's done today-Scared, PLEASE HELP ME! 18th January 2005
... two days i will be posting from the hospital under morphine ,or my wife will. It shoud be great. Hope is what...
- To Chronic Back Pain Sufferer 17th January 2005
... also have trouble breathing at times. I have been on morphine for the pain since the surgery and it only dulls the...
- Diskogram question 15th January 2005
... my hip wouldn't stop hurting so they gave me 2mg of morphine , I turned onto my side, fell asleep, woke up a few...
- Sweet tooth 13th January 2005
... for pain relief a few weeks ago, even two shots of morphine and versad was a no go. They are going to refer me...
... I completely know what your saying. Morphine , Versed and Demerol don't work for me either, but...
... not try it for everyday sleep. Lots of Xanax, two morphine , two Soma and four stool softeners. This knocks me...
- fusion L3 & L4 with Parkinson ? recovery? 10th January 2005
... usually a difficult week. It's about that time that the morphine and anesthesia finally work all the way out of your...
- Pre-Op Thoughts. 8th January 2005
... lot :) ), but it doesn't last forever. I was on a morphine pump which worked well for me, and for the few instances...
- home from surgery today aghh!! 7th January 2005
... and i still hurt so bad they gave me ory with the morphine and i stopped hurt sum but my right legg is killing...
- Thorasic Question 6th January 2005
... doctor that I saw a couple weeks ago, agreeded to put a morphine pump or at least do the trial, so maybe It'll give...
- Nucleoplasty - work for you??? 6th January 2005
... only sort of relief I've gotten is from long acting Morphine (90mg's daily) and even on that I still feel my leg...
- L5-S1 Fusion first thought.. 5th January 2005
... Laptop from the hospital bed. Can't wait! Drugged with morphine ...those posts will be fun! Hee hee....
... need to give something back ( no pun intended ) , morphine and a lap top, sound like a new reality show....
... I would never have another fusion again..I hit the morphine pump 48 times and still did not get relief..I did...
... change the meds. Lots of people get sick from the morphine . It took me 2 days of proj. vomiting before a nurse...
... sure we'll all enjoy reading what you have to say. Morphine + lap top= :D...
... it if yours is as bad as mine was. I did have the morphine pump as someone else mentioned, and like them, I had ... singing "I am so happy" over and over way off key. Morphine can cause pretty amusing effects!
By the way, I...
... meds... you don't want to have to wait.
I used my morphine pump. Had one episode that I could have sworn a nurse...
- Meds for DDD 4th January 2005
... taking Avinza 60 mg which is a 12 hr time released morphine tablet which allos me to function on a daily basis...
- My fusion is Wednesday!!! 2nd January 2005
... couldn't be done, I had zero pain. They put me on a morphine pump after the surgery and I didn't even use it. ...
... later that afternoon, they finally figured out that morphine doesn't work for me and so I had been getting no pain...
- Post fusion 3 months, Can not stop crying! HELP!!!! 1st January 2005
... mg every 4 hours and 7.5 mg is equal to 10mg of iv morphine . Yes I have a brace, the crying is from the pain...
... Yes, Dilaudid is a very strong Narcotic, next too Morphine . I had to take it after my last surgery (4mg every...
- 10 levels fused; Don't know realistic limitations faced 29th December 2004
... discovered after 24 hours of zero pain relief on a morphine pump, that morphine doesn't work on me and they changed...
- first time sciatic sufferer 29th December 2004
... shot of demerol which did nothing, and then put on a Morphine drip which took away all pain. (yay morphine!) When...
- [B]Got my Surg Date & Q's Answered[/B] 29th December 2004
...
PCA pump after surgery with Dilaudid instead of Morphine (However that can always be changed to Morphine if...
- Does anyone think this could hurt my fusion... 29th December 2004
... starts cranking both ends up ... nevermind I have a Morphine pump attached, nevermind I look like roadkill ......
- Sending a get well 29th December 2004
... paper. Just kept hitting that patient controlled Morphine pump every 8 minutes and tried to find some position...
- down and dirty about the pain 26th December 2004
... more. It did hurt, but NOT as bad as expected. The morphine pump worked well. I am allergic to Demerol, so it ... was morphine only, then I was off morphine by late day 3 and on oral pain meds. The hospital...
- some thoughts 26th December 2004
... .NO FUN WHATSOEVER! :) And I was allergic to the morphine pump they had me on....can you say projectile vomiting...
- how do you handle depression post-op? 24th December 2004
... Coming off the morphine will do that.
Get lots of sleep, eat properly -...
- L3/L4 fusion - ? on pelvis bone harvest/graft and return to work 23rd December 2004
... yet.
I used oxycontin, 10 mg twice a day and morphine sulfate, 15 mg (one or two every three or four hours...
- I'm BAAAAAAAACK! 22nd December 2004
... and back. I slept a lot with intense pain, I had my morphine pump but it did not a darn thing. So, I requested...
... way around (sorry for the graffics), more pain than morphine could handle, but I did it. I went home after 6 or...
- Epidural using fluoroscopy 21st December 2004
... ESI and the adjustment I saw my primary who gave me morphine shots and morphine to go, which did not touch the...
... before he even touched me.
It is interesting the morphine didn't touch your pain. When I had my double fusion ... , I was on a morphine pump in my room and this surgery was incredibly painful ... one pain med can work and not another, especially morphine . I sounds like we have a lot in common.
I can...
- Home and feeling pretty good 21st December 2004
... then recovery 2 then to a private room. Woke up on Morphine pump (allergic to demerol) in not too bad of pain ... modesty are not very imporant after a few doses of morphine .
However, I was NOT going to use a bedpan, so I took ... they got me to oral percocets and oxycotin and off morphine , and by Friday I came home.
As for the Lazy Boy...
- Back spasms after lumbar fusion surgery 20th December 2004
... take a handful of Xanax and not yawn, get shots of Morphine and just lay and stare at the ceiling and again, not...
... was still in pain, so the Doc gave me Dilaudid AND Morphine . It helped the pain enough for me to move a little ... and I tried to go to sleep on my own, but couldn't. Morphine didn't even work.
My suggestion is to find something...
- I've had ENOUGH opinions!! 19th December 2004
... couldn't feel any relief, so he gave me 2 shots of morphine .
I was then asked to roll over on the gurney, but ... still in pain.
Within less than 2 minutes she had a morphine shot that I asked her to put on the most painful side ...
I fell asleep for almost 2 hours, as soon as the morphine started to kick in, I used that instant to slowly ... out".
I was wheeled to the car and came home, the morphine was wearing off, so I was beginning to be in alot...
- SI ESI today 18th December 2004
... wit's end. Right now all I feel is the pain from the morphine shots from Wedneday and the shots today.
I am crossing ... on the road and have a reaction like I did with the morphine shots (see thread "morphine haze")
If we could...
... off. My body metabolizes things strangely. After the morphine fiasco I was afraid of the Demerol but did it anyway...
... can tell you that in the hopspital, I was given the Morphine and I was so very sick from it. Throwing up every...
- Morphine Haze 16th December 2004
... Hi Betty,
Morphine puts me in the same haze. I can't sleep, can't eat...
... morning and night of my surgery. They had me on the morphine drip machine after surgery and didn’t give me any ... somewhat coherent that I told the nurses to unplug my morphine machine and I refused pain meds for about 16 hours ... morning, I needed something, but I didn’t want the morphine , and there was no doctors to be found, finally they ... from Oxy, my PM doc then prescribed Avinza, which is Morphine sulfate, and I only needed to take one every 24 hours ... for me and some may not, but like you said with your morphine experience, you said that it was your first pain free...
... insert and then went on line to look it up. It is morphine sulphate. Isn't that morphine? I was confused so I ... and it came up, oxycontin, slow release, but again, morphine . I can't do morphine. It makes me crazy. Should I ... pills, each day, and that they were slow release. Is morphine sulfate and oxycontin the same thing?
I have not ... to call the doctor and tell them my reaction to the morphine shots and ask them if the script that they gave me ... is in fact, morphine or oxy. I need answers today because he is closed...
... The pain was amazing. Anyway, they set me up with a morphine drip, and it was then I learned that my family, at ... least me and my Mom, have a nasty reaction to morphine . As you described, it put me in a haze, allowed only...
... Then, he give me Xanax. He knows that I can't do morphine yet gives me a script for mscontin. I think that he...
... public, that it runs a chance of addiction of the morphine type and should be given the same caution.It sounds...
- Update on nerve damage: warning 15th December 2004
... surgery (he treats people for botched back surgeries on morphine drips) until I got so bad it scared even him and he...
- New here, Spinal Fusion and scared 13th December 2004
... providing fluids and antibiotic, and of course your morphine , but you will be eating during your hospital stay...
... DITTO to what lfoster said.
Don't be fooled. That morphine and anesthesia stay in your system long after you...
- Jan 14 Fusion l5-s1 need advice 12th December 2004
... oh and one more question
4) does everyone take morphine after surgery as the pain is really that bad?
Please...
... isnt completely done until a year or so!
I had a morphine pump in the hospital and went home on percocet but...
... short rides in the car and even went to Target)
Re: morphine .... it will be your best friend!...
- Am I forgetting anything? 12th December 2004
... puzzle book but couldn't get my eyes to focus. Too much morphine !!!)...
... know I'll be in pain (or maybe not-If I have enough morphine :) ), but I'll be on the road to recovery! Just...
- could I already be "hooked" on Vicodin 10th December 2004
... few weeks before surgery though. Then surgery came. Morphine , more hydrocodone. Then they sent me home.. with,...
- Discogram yesterday! 9th December 2004
... couldn't feel any relief, so he gave me 2 shots of morphine .
I was then asked to roll over on the gurney, but ... still in pain.
Within less than 2 minutes she had a morphine shot that I asked her to put on the most painful side ...
I fell asleep for almost 2 hours, as soon as the morphine started to kick in, I used that instant to slowly ... out".
I was wheeled to the car and came home, the morphine was wearing off, so I was beginning to be in alot...
... pain meds so it did nothing for me, So I also had 4 Morphine injections total.
The Demoral is for home use.
Remember...
- Fusion on Monday HELP PLEASE 8th December 2004
... a TON of bowel and digestive problems, reaction to morphine etc.
But anyway, I would check that 6 week work thing...
... don't remember much. I did have problems with the morphine and remember throwing up and then going back to sleep...
- a pain in the butt 8th December 2004
... cure the pain since pain meds won't work for me, even morphine . I am not your average pain patient. I think that...
- Getting off hydrocodone 4th December 2004
... mark, on that third month they switched me to Avinza ( morphine sulfate), and I took that another month. I decided...
- What Now?? 3rd December 2004
... sciatic pain. I was in the hospital for 5 days on Morphine and had an MRI during that time. MRI showed advanced...
- Please Help me Fusion on wednesday 1st December 2004
... I was given a button to push every 10 minutes for morphine , but there was no clock in the room.... My pain never...
... for you. You'll likely have your very own box of morphine and you can squeeze that button all day long if you...
... wake me up to remind me to push my button for the morphine ....
... every 12 minutes, so on the 13th minute i can get more morphine . After that i got it down.
My wife told me i layed ... again. did this for two days and several containers of morphine . They took it away and the oxygen, which i really...
- Adr 30th November 2004
... was to live with it, do PT forever and poss get a morphine pump----uh, no thanks.
I am so rambling here! Anyway...
- Diskogram & Pain Meds, HELP! grrrrrrrrr 29th November 2004
... spring. They will give you meds at the hospital(I had Morphine ). The doc that did mine was an angel and very concerned...
... a lot of injections that prob won't hurt and get a morphine pump even. OR, fusion. Guess what we went for???...
... couldn't feel any relief, so he gave me 2 shots of morphine .
I was then asked to roll over on the gurney, but ... still in pain.
Within less than 2 minutes she had a morphine shot that I asked her to put on the most painful side ...
I fell asleep for almost 2 hours, as soon as the morphine started to kick in, I used that instant to slowly ... out".
I was wheeled to the car and came home, the morphine was wearing off, so I was beginning to be in alot...
- Morphine pump 23rd November 2004
... The Pain Is Bad .i Had To Use A Time Release Form Of Morphine . The Side Effects And Withdrawals Are Very Bad. I ... Hope To Never Have To Use Morphine Again. From What The Dr. Says It Can Take Along Time...
- Where do you go NOW? 22nd November 2004
... There is someone here on the boards that is on a morphine pump for it. I hate to think that I ever have to do...
- Pain Patch, does it work or not? 21st November 2004
... Shouldn't they have him on some kind of IV? Morphine pump?
There are some people who don't react to...
... Suggest A Medecine Called Anvinza It Is Time Release Morphine It Comes In Doses Of 30, 60, 90 ,120 Mg It Is Addictive...
- ATT: mel 18th November 2004
... injections (which won't help with the DDD) and possibly a morphine pump-uh, NO THANKS. Not yet anyway.
So, I agreed...
- saw NS today and...... 18th November 2004
... was to get more PT, more injections and possibly a morphine pump-well, we didn't want to go that route. So, we...
- 5 months post op Discectomy 15th November 2004
... giving you antibiotics and fluids. You will also have morphine most likely in you. I was given hydrocodone ( vicodine...
... felt fine just very drugged up still. I was given morphine injections when i needed which i must say were great...
- 1 Day in hospital after fusion? Somethings wrong... 9th November 2004
... The nurse said i had a nasty infection, was given iv morphine and antibiotics and blood was taken. The surgeon seen...
... brains and notice that a 110 lb girl couldnt take morphine , tylox, benydrl and 2 doses of enother downer that...
- L4 L5 fusion and concerns! HELP needed!! 8th November 2004
... months post-op, after that I took Avinza (a 24 hour morphine sulphate). I took the Avinza for a couple of months...
- I made it guys, Back from my L4 L5 fusion!!!!!!! 7th November 2004
... well everything went great! The reaction I had to the morphine though wasn't that great. I had MAJOR problems with...
- pain worse after shot in spine??? 4th November 2004
... also have trouble breathing at times. I have been on morphine for the pain since the surgery and it only dulls the...
- Friend's surgery....seeking creative minds 2nd November 2004
... private room--that made all the difference--that and the morphine :)
good luck, its great that you are doing so much...
- An old friend has come back... 26th October 2004
... exaggerating. The anesthsiologist ordered tons of morphine . After 10 hours of surgery, all I wanted was relief ... a pain specialist for all procedures) for as much morphine as I needed.
Finally a room became available ... this poor guy. After that I had a reaction to the morphine and they stopped all pain medication and put me on ... Dilaudid" which is a synthetic drug and is stronger than morphine ...boy was I happy after that. I was able to have...
- Fusion Nov. 1st-L4 L5, what to expect? 26th October 2004
... change positions in bed. I also got sick from the morphine . I felt better once that was out of my system.
...
- where now 24th October 2004
... the pain is 80mg of oxycontin twice daily and liquid morphine inbetween plus a few others my op did not go well...
- is this normal? 20th October 2004
... doctor, and has anyone ever suggested the intrathecal morphine pump?
If these tremors continue, I would consider...
- Request Information 20th October 2004
... had bad experience and got much worse now live on morphine hope you stay well and do get back to work neil...
- information please 19th October 2004
... someone on vacation that swears by it. i think it was a morphine pump. she also had the suckers that helped alot....
- So much pain, So little hope 18th October 2004
... Carol:
I was just reading about morphine . That is the cadillac of pain control. Everything ... interupts the pain or lightly coats the nerve endings, morphine coats the nerve endings and you are basically pain ... cortisone, tens, etc, does not address the nerves like morphine does. Does it really work for you? How do you determine ... going to the brain. It is a pea shooter compared to morphine ....
- TxHunni, AlSmith, Jenna's mom and other well wishers. 18th October 2004
... me in a chair and gave me my call bell, phone and morphine pump. Right away I dropped my morphine pump and in...
- cross your fingers for me! 7th October 2004
... death, I was taking a substantial dosage of Avinza ( morphine sulfate), Vicodin, and Neurontin. I was thinking to...
- needing advice on bowel problems 2nd October 2004
... surgery, the problem was compounded with anesthesia, morphine , hydrocodone and not getting around for a couple weeks...
- Different surgery outcomes-PLEASE!!!!! 1st October 2004
... killers for 8 months before the surgery. I was on Morphine the last week before the surgery. I had talked with...
- ever heard of BAK surgery? 25th September 2004
... ! now the y give me an ultimatum its either i get morphine pump or they ween me off fentynal patches which i...
- Post fusion surgry 25th September 2004
... crying. I think it's the medicine or the residual morphine or anesthesia. There's no apparent reason for crying...
- Steriod Injection? 24th September 2004
... from L5 S1 back pain for over a year. I also have a morphine pump but that wasn't helping in this area. I needed...
