- Fusion L4 - What is hospital stay like? 5th April 2004
... drifted in and out of sleep.
I had expected a morphine pump from everything I read online, but my place gave ... morphine injections. I was told I could get pain meds every ... morning. I happened to be barfing when he arrived; the morphine made me very nauseous. I was hooked up to an IV, ... day 2 was gone. Friends say it might've been the morphine or the anesthesia adversely affecting me the day before...
... thing during the surgery!! Yipee!
They put me on a morphine drip after surgery......Hooked right into my I.V!...
... was gone!.. wait, I haven't told you when all the morphine wore off... Yaiks!! Painful... then improve, then...
... room when I got back, but I was in and out.
I had a morphine pump too... that thing was a godsend. It did give...
... one)? Also, did anyone have Demerol instead of the Morphine ? Lastly, did anyone who had the Morphine hallucinate...
... but LOL at the seeing bugs or other weird stuff on morphine . The only thing I remember about the morphine drip...
... hospital and the first week at home!
Btw, the morphine made me nauseous but only because dietary at the hospital...
... a bowel program while in the hospital because the morphine will interrupt normal bowel function. It has also ... that it was important to control pain but too much morphine caused me to halucinate (YUK) so during my last surgery...
... surgery I thought I had made a HUGE mistake. I had a morphine drip but the pain was really unbelievable. I would...
... Surgery was on Thurs & I was home Sun. 2 days on IV; morphine pump; oxygen & not allowed liquids (which drove me ... crazy). Morphine wasn't for me since I saw creatures in my room; so...
- Post op pain 27th March 2004
... doctor took me to ER, did the epi and then injected morphine into the area as well. Boy, did that ever work. I...
... ever got was when they took me to the OR and used morphine as well as the steroid. I have never, to my memory...
- Started PT on Wednesday 26th March 2004
... my back....lots more pain even with the intrathecal morphine pump. I called my ortho and was told to stop.
Good...
- Need opinions/ Morphine pump 20th March 2004
... hi dwayne. i did not have a morphine pump at home, but they hooked me up to one via I.V ... doctor had me on ever-increasing oral doses of first morphine and then oxycodone, all of which did not even touch ... that did lessen the pain prior to surgery was the morphine pump in the hospital.
i'm sure there are risks ... some reason, knowing what i know now i'd go for a morphine pump at home in a heartbeat. the machine was set ... automatically and steadily deliver a certain amount of morphine into my system through the I.V. I then had the option ... using a sort of call-button thingy, to take more morphine from the pump -- i could press the button several ... times an hour to get additional morphine . it was set so that i could do this only a certain ... my pain was horrible, and by the time i had enough morphine in my system to affect it i was pretty doped up. ...
... this kind of pain, i'm sure others must have used the morphine pump at some point. maybe you'll get more replies...
... Anyone out there got a morphine pump? Anyone know the possible risk of these devices...
... could throw my way from the pain patch to time release morphine tabs and anything else imaginable. This also includes...
... Anyone out there got a morphine pump? Anyone know the possible risk of these devices...
- Back Pain Stopping Life & Spoiling Relationship - HELP ANYONE?? 20th March 2004
... taken any of the long acting meds such as oxycontin or morphine ? There are a lot of well informed people here....please...
... machine thats works very well 80% of the time.
Am on Morphine (Transtec) patches at the moment (have been for 4...
... machine thats works very well 80% of the time.
Am on Morphine (Transtec) patches at the moment (have been for 4...
- Good fusion outcomes wanted! 20th March 2004
... waking up. Another drip is inserted into your arm for morphine . This will remain in for the duration of the time ... you are in intensive care or for about 2-3 days, the morphine stays in for about 4-5 days. A dressing is then placed ... woke up. Too drugged up from anesthetic, epidural and morphine . Most will have a relatively uneventful stay from ... comfortable.
I am hazy about my hospital stay because the morphine does this. I was in intensive care for 3 days and ... you have a little button you press to administer the morphine as its needed. Down to the ward, finally you'll get...
... must be brief but here is a rundown:
Day 1 - OK, no morphine drip but every 2-4 hours. Walked that night. It hurt ... not let anyone give you this evil drug. Stick with morphine or better yet dilaudid.
Day 3 - better
Day 4 - better...
- Still have pain 20th March 2004
... The doctors also said I would probably end up with a morphine pump. Like you I'm on pain meds and I don't really ... tollerate them too well! I fear a morphine pump and have been hesitating on what I need to do...
... My biggest fear is that I'm going to end up on a morphine pump. I've heard that Spondylolisthesis can be more...
... to do something and get help.
Yes, going onto morphine pump is a big deal. Have you look for a good NS? Don...
... and another has said he could do the surgery, But a morphine pump would need to be installed. I'm already taking...
... they really messed up my stomach, so now I am on morphine among other stuff as well. I have been back and back...
- hello, and can you help me? post-micro-surg, L5-S1 19th March 2004
... sciatica pain was so bad that i was hooked up to an I.V. morphine pump in an attempt to control it. (it helped only ... even though my doc said they were giving me enough morphine "to knock out a horse." i remember thinking, "i...
... sciatica pain was so bad that i was hooked up to an I.V. morphine pump in an attempt to control it. (it helped only ... even though my doc said they were giving me enough morphine "to knock out a horse." i remember thinking, "i...
- In need of opinions/Information! 18th March 2004
... refuse L4 to T11. He also said I would probably need a morphine pump. Due to the side effects I've had, I fear this...
- Help!! 18th March 2004
... reasoning for becoming incontinet. The administered morphine and viseryl, for pain and nausea. I was sent home ... The only thing I have found to help my pain was the morphine that was administered in the ER. I have told my doctor...
- 1 year since L5-S1 anterior interbody fusion with BAK cages 17th March 2004
... that I might need to consider a spinal stimulator or morphine pump if the hip/leg pain continues following recovery...
... that I might need to consider a spinal stimulator or morphine pump if the hip/leg pain continues following recovery...
... could end up with a spinal stimulator and possibly a morphine pump ... which I guess is good, instead of painting...
- Just curious...how did you all come to have bad backs? 16th March 2004
... got me where I am today, 4 back surgeries and the morphine pump, with a little help from 3 mva's in which I was...
- Grade II spondylolisthesis 14th March 2004
... hardware but he said I would probably have to have a morphine pump as well. I've been tried on all kinds of pain...
- Loose Cages Anyone? 7th March 2004
... me surgery is not an option for me and they said a morphine pump would be my only choice to one wanting to replace ... my hardware , do two fusions and put in a morphine pump. It's hard to know what to do when there is so...
- L-5 fusion 4th March 2004
... question??? Gave me IV motrin, then toradol, then morphine x3.
Had my appointment this am and after putting...
- bone spurs on spine! 3rd March 2004
... leg pain was the worst, and that is why I have the morphine pump.
Carol...
... leg pain was the worst, and that is why I have the morphine pump.
Carol
Oh, man, I feel for you. Seriously ... the consequences she would have never done it. The morphine pump is a scary proposition.
As for bone spurs...
- I'm Back, 12 days post op 3rd March 2004
... right combo of meds I was fine. I could not handle the morphine button, that, and the combo of whatever else they...
- new here. med probs. 1st March 2004
... percocet, at the worst, and cannot take demorol or morphine , so I make sure they know all that. I had one experiene...
... percocet, at the worst, and cannot take demorol or morphine , so I make sure they know all that. I had one experiene...
- Help! What questions should I ask the Neuro Doc 12th February 2004
... seeing her pcp and has great pain management going on, ( morphine , hydrocodone for bt, valium, ultram, etc.) At least...
- discogram in a few hours 9th February 2004
... the pain wasn't all that bad but i was given some morphine I.V. and a little something to eat afterwards before...
- Poll : How does the weather affect you ? 17th January 2004
... Hi Carol,
Are you talking about a morphine pump? How has it changed you?
The weather has...
- herington rods.....got them 13 years ago. 14th January 2004
... the pain is terrible. I have to take Avinza 90mg ( Morphine ) just to work. Please take care of your back because...
- arthritis in lower back. Can anyone help? PLEASE! 5th January 2004
... and the spinal stenosis. I now have the intrathecal morphine pump to control my pain and am doing much better since...
- what next?? 5th January 2004
... was either a life on pain meds or the intrathecal morphine pump, which is what I chose. However, your case does...
- hello everyone .. I am new here.. had a microodiscetomy 3 weeks ago 4th January 2004
... enduring pain in the 8-l0 range for months, I had the morphine pump put in and can tell you I am much better. We...
... called my Dr and she thought it was withdrawel from the morphine I had been taking for so long and this triggerd the...
- Scheduled for Surgery on Jan 8th.....have questions? 3rd January 2004
... the day I woke up from the surgery I was pumped with Morphine . The next day the doc and nurse said I had to start ... hadnt moved much at all that day, so I didnt use the morphine pump. I sat right up, got out of bed and walked. My ... doc's jaw dropped....they handed me a bottle full of morphine for the pain, but I never had to take any of it. It...
... the day I woke up from the surgery I was pumped with Morphine . The next day the doc and nurse said I had to start ... hadnt moved much at all that day, so I didnt use the morphine pump. I sat right up, got out of bed and walked. My ... doc's jaw dropped....they handed me a bottle full of morphine for the pain, but I never had to take any of it. It...
- I'm new to this site, at my wits end with this pain! 2nd January 2004
... you mentioned nurotin i'm at 2000mg a day along with morphine ,dyluid ie morphine rittlin celexia sterioud injection ... person in pain i have a pain pump in me delevering morphine to my spine and it helps some what be strong and ask ... every day some people reach for coffe we reah for morphine any spelling erorrs please excuse after all i am on ... morphine LOL may jesus christ be with you keep me updated i...
- Help please. I am in the ARMY and pending Spinal Fusion 1st January 2004
... active components", but I do know it's derived from morphine and it's a schedule II drug - like morphine....very...
- Who's had multiple back surgeries 18th December 2003
... another fusion in '97 which failed. I now have the morphine pump but I think, if not for the wreck, I would be...
- New to board - experiences with annular tears? 17th December 2003
... believe this can't be fixed. I'm about to demand a morphine pump!!!...
- How do you all feel about.... 9th December 2003
... GREAT! :)
Doc took me to OR for an EPI and added morphine , using versed as anesth. The results were the most...
- Doctor won't prescribe strong narcotics!!!!! 2nd December 2003
... think, is non-narcotic. I don't believe it is a " morphine pain pump". Jerry Lewis claims that this stimulator...
... doesn't help my back. My Doc had no problem ordering Morphine Sulfate for my back since spinal fusion is the only ... way to fix it. Well, the Morphine helped but after taking it twice I got so sick to...
... yours.
I was on ms contain for two years now im on morphine and demeral.
So dont blame your doctor thank him...
... pain 100% of the day), and the doctors would not use morphine specifically because he "may become addicted" to it...
- L5/S1 disc reherniated after Discectomy 1st December 2003
... sitting/standing/lying down, even Endone and MS Contin ( morphine ) were doing no good...
So I had the discectomy...
- Pain Meds? 28th November 2003
... Oramorph SR or Kadian. All contain time released morphine and has no tylenol in it. Tylenol #3 really isn't...
- Any advice 27th November 2003
... day which my Doctor tells me is equivalent to two morphine shots a day. I also take three other tablets to kill...
- Question regarding Medial Branch Block.. 25th November 2003
... immediate pain relief. (I was so thrilled, I refused morphine and percocet because the incision after surgery hurt...
- looking for help for a 47yr old who had a spinal fusion in 1972 21st November 2003
... Has anyone suggested that he try the intrathecal morphine pump? Or the spinal cord stimulator? It sounds like...
... Has anyone suggested that he try the intrathecal morphine pump? Or the spinal cord stimulator? It sounds like...
- Post-IDET Report 18th November 2003
... little better today... I wasn't the biggest fan of morphine when I had it provided post pelvic surgery. Pain...
... Take T'Nut's IDET, for example. She's still on morphine (and not at all unusual: hard to find IDET success...
... Take T'Nut's IDET, for example. She's still on morphine (and not at all unusual: hard to find IDET success...
... recovery, I was in pain from injection site & given morphine iv. Before I was sent home he saw me for 5 min & told...
... recovery, I was in pain from injection site & given morphine iv. Before I was sent home he saw me for 5 min & told...
... will informed steps. Head down, you can't go on with morphine patches and must make your next choice...
Now that...
- Minimally Invasive Surgery: Cervical Fusion 18th November 2003
... spine (since they go in the front way). I was on morphine for the first whole day and thru the night. I needed...
- Jfk 17th November 2003
... do it. I can do it.
Second - I just cancelled my morphine pump implant and want to switch from 10 7.5/325 percoctes...
- Looking to talk with other on SERIOUS back problems..msg 15th November 2003
... the highly-ptent drug called MS Contin(MS meaning Morphine Sulfate) was my rescue from the constant pain and...
- Herniated L4-5 Disk, need advice 12th November 2003
... toe that sent me to er. I was given two shots of morphine for pain w/valium I could not see straight the pain...
- 4 months post-op from lumbar spinal fusion and laminectomy 8th November 2003
... also got sick from the strong mediation such as the morphine pump. I refused to push the button on the pump when ... into surgery again I am telling them absolutely NO Morphine ... I have Reflux Disease and this med made me so sick...
- L5-S1ers, please list all of your treatments 7th November 2003
... big toe that sent me to er. I was given 2 shots of morphine for pain w/valium I could not see straight the pain...
... big toe that sent me to er. I was given 2 shots of morphine for pain w/valium I could not see straight the pain...
- Failed Fusion 30th October 2003
... pain management ctr and they told me my options were morphine pump or spinal stimulator. No thanks, I'm only 46...
- What happens right after Lumbar Fusion surgery 27th October 2003
... of having to bend down to get into a car. I had a morphine pump in the hospital and the doctor prescribed Lortab...
... to wear as long as I stay in bed, I was also on the morphine pump, and I was on it till the day I left the hosp ... from where I had my surgery so they gave me a shot of morphine before I left the hosp. they also sent me home with...
... waking up and being brought to my room. I also had the Morphine pump, however, it appears that they gave me way too ... high of dose and I was actually overdosing on Morphine ! On the 3rd morning I still had not "come out" of ... the purpose of it was to "rid" my body of all the morphine quickly! (like within minutes!!!) once they did this...
- Any pain med suggestions? 24th October 2003
... wonders...and prescribed Kadian which is a synthetic morphine with almost no s/e's. I still have some break thru...
- question about pain meds 13th October 2003
... hours of labor with no meds, and after a c-section a morphine drip that didn't do much. was sent home with no pain...
... hours of labor with no meds, and after a c-section a morphine drip that didn't do much. was sent home with no pain...
... hours of labor with no meds, and after a c-section a morphine drip that didn't do much. was sent home with no pain...
- 3 level fusion outcomes wanted 11th October 2003
... options to control the pain: spinal cord stimulator or morphine pump.
My gut told me to keep searching for the...
... options to control the pain: spinal cord stimulator or morphine pump.
My gut told me to keep searching for the...
- I'm concerned my dad's spondylolistheses and spinal stenosis and the meds!! 10th October 2003
... take it any other way. Right now he is on 30mg of morphine x's 2 a day, and some anti-seizure medication to block...
- HELP!! Grade 4 Spondylolisthesis 10th October 2003
... and it is major surgery -- plus you really need the morphine for a couple of days, they switch you to oral pain...
... three weeks in hospital. The first week I was on Morphine for the pain and could not imagine being discharged...
... three weeks in hospital. The first week I was on Morphine for the pain and could not imagine being discharged...
- what are my choices 8th October 2003
... told me my options were: see a spine surgeon, get a morphine pump, acupuncture and one more thing but I forgot ... do not want back surgery yet. And I don't want a morphine pump. So as he said I am at a crossroad. What do ... that scares me. I have to work so I don't feel a morphine pump would be a good idea. I have decided to continue...
- spondylolesthesis 25th September 2003
... for a few days but then when they took me off the morphine pump i stopped eating because my pain increased and...
- What happens during surgery? 25th September 2003
... But the nice thing about ICU is they will keep the morphine , tordal, percoset, etc., coming whenever you need...
... still hurt a lot too. Also I had a reaction to the morphine . It made me itch really bad so they started giving...
- New Member..Old Problem..Need Direction 25th September 2003
... work the best with you people?
Does anyone have a morphine implant??
Again what happens when a fusion is failed...
... t start feeling better soon to look in to having a morphine implant. if u have any more questions please feel...
... imagine the pain you must have experienced. As for the morphine pump I hope that will give you the pain relief that ... the dorsal column stimulator before suggesting the morphine pump? Here I go again, sorry to be prying....
I really...
... that I am not fused. the other option is to do the Morphine pump. My question is that has anyone had a 3 level...
- What does 'Pre Testing' for fusion surgery entail? 20th September 2003
... enough meds. I awoke to them pressing the button on the morphine machine. I also suffer from reflux and the meds were...
... hospital room, they already had me hooked up to the morphine pump. In order for the medication to be administered ... doctor. He finally came in and I told him about the morphine and my stomach and he gave other meds to help the...
- just waiting for a reply 15th September 2003
... pain all the time . but my dotor wants me to have a morphine implant put in but i am ptting that off as far as...
- I'm back and had my surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 13th September 2003
... now. I have had major stomach problems due to the morphine that they had me on but I am slowly getting over that...
... had a horrible time with my stomach because of the morphine , so I can relate. Please take things really slow,...
- pain meds are not working 6th September 2003
... to 80mgs to start and there is dilaudid, ms contin ( morphine ) and durgisic (sp?) which is a patch with the drug...
- L5-S1 surgery, questions 5th September 2003
... got, the more it hurt. Which is OK. I am now on morphine sulphate slow release, kind of like a contact pill ... pain, and the meds for it! I now hurt, but with the morphine I can do a lot of things now. Heavy physical things ... again. I'm in pain, but not as bad! and with the morphine even less. I was having pain like storymy32, only...
- IDET sucks Looking at Fusion HEELLLPPPP. 2nd September 2003
... didnt work either.I am still in alot of pain and the morphine doesnt touch it.My doc wants me to have a fusion.L4...
- After surgery problems 26th August 2003
... 3 days. While I was there the doctor was giving me morphine and oxycotin for pain. When I was released from the...
- morphine sulfate kadian 23rd August 2003
... deal with an addiction problem and understand that morphine is very addictive and your body will continue to build...
- Pain meds..... 21st August 2003
... pain management doctor, he switched me to Kadian and Morphine Sulphate for the pain.
I'm not sure why your pain...
- ali_moran, please read 20th August 2003
... tears, and I dont EVER cry, so they had to give me Morphine instead of the anti-inflamatory I was suposed to get...
- I'm afraid 16th August 2003
... days. I had relatively no pain since I was given IV Morphine . After I woke up from the surgery, I knew it was...
- back pain meds?? 14th August 2003
... for the spasming but I know oxycontin is similar to morphine and is strong anyway.
How long before you have the...
- Results from dicagram 14th August 2003
... thing Ive ever gone through!!!They had to give me morphine ....
... thing Ive ever gone through!!!They had to give me morphine .
...
- Question for TOMMOROW 13th August 2003
... that really upset me. So, I told them to unhook the morphine PAC. That I didn't want it and my IV was getting ... had told me previously to be sure and tank up on the morphine when I knew the therapists were coming so I wouldn ... bed and said "So, what's this about not wanting the morphine ? You know that really isn't smart." And I told him...
... neuro is a genious.
I to had a big problem with the morphine pump. I kept arguing with the nurses telling them...
- ultracet......anyone???? 13th August 2003
... actually not all that strong. Now I've had to go to Morphine Sulpate.
If the Ultram are making you sick, and are...
- Myelogram and graft collapse questions 13th August 2003
... was painful for a bit but lukily they can give you morphine which should help. It's not like a discogram where...
... 15 minutes ?? Also, I didn't realize they gave you morphine for the test! That would certainly calm the fear a...
- Pain Pump surgery went great 12th August 2003
... last resort was the pump, it leaves a small amount of morphine in his system. Since checking it out on the net, and...
... what exactly it is, but if it is giving him constant morphine , couldn't that be potentially dangerous if he later...
- Fusion scheduled 11th August 2003
... onstipation from the pain meds in the hospital, I was given morphine afterwards but had to switch to Dalaudid, it caused...
- L5-S1 Hemilaminectomy with microdisectomy 2 10th August 2003
... and was feeling realllllly great at home...until the morphine wore off. It was like "Oh my God!" Started taking...
... Rosarita,
thanks for your note. Same with me, when the morphine wore off, then all these weird pains were back. I...
- IS A DISC BULGE IN L1/S5 THE SAME AS A HERNIATED DISC 7th August 2003
... but the nucleoplasty did some good i am now on 45mg morphine sulfate er makes me really sick t my stomach if you ... constant and in my leg i would say a 4 yes i am on morphine lrgiht now to so that may make a difference ... sorry...
