Tylenol Only.....After Major Surgery?

[EvilCat Breath]

Tylenol or Tylenol 2.

Tylenol 2 is good stuff.

When I was in the hospital I had morphine and fentanyl. When the nurse asked me if I was still in pain I said "yes but I don't care anymore. "

 

[Woodznutz]

Oh bullshit

I don't blame them, they're very busy, overworked really.

 

[braalian]

I don't blame them, they're very busy, overworked really.

Or maybe you’re one of those patients under the mistaken impression that nursing is a customer service profession similar to waiting tables?

A nurse not being able to give a pain med right away because they’re in another room or because 3 other patients asked before you is not “neglecting” anything

 

[Woodznutz]

Or maybe you’re one of those patients under the mistaken impression that nursing is a customer service profession similar to waiting tables?

A nurse not being able to give a pain med right away because they’re in another room or because 3 other patients asked before you is not “neglecting” anything

They're only human.

 

[Woodznutz]

Or maybe you’re one of those patients under the mistaken impression that nursing is a customer service profession similar to waiting tables?

A nurse not being able to give a pain med right away because they’re in another room or because 3 other patients asked before you is not “neglecting” anything

So, you concede that nurses do sometimes leave patients suffering in pain. That's neglect.

 

[braalian]

So, you concede that nurses do sometimes leave patients suffering in pain. That's neglect.

Should the nurse sit at your bedside all shift so that the moment you need a PRN, they can give it to you immediately?

If I’m in the middle of a dressing change, should I leave their wound open to air so I can stop right then and bring you your pill?

Would that be less neglectful?

 

[Woodznutz]

Should the nurse sit at your bedside all shift so that the moment you need a PRN, they can give it to you immediately?

If I’m in the middle of a dressing change, should I leave their wound open to air so I can stop right then and bring you your pill?

Would that be less neglectful?

Hospitals parcel out patient attention by the minute, very niggardly.

 

[martybegan]

Doctors and nurses have recently heard me note that — for me — Tylenol simply doesn’t work. And it doesn’t. But it is still their “go to” pain relief recommendation.

One of the medical personnel (this time, a physician’s assistant or a nurse practitioner) who was given to me for pain management associated with my ongoing cancer battle, offered a different pain med option. Guess what? The insurance company declined coverage. It isn’t a huge figure — so we simply paid it.

But I gather that the medical establishment (and insurance companies together) are trying to avoid liability for anything coming out of the opioid crisis.

Tylenol does the bare minimum for me, but you don't get anything stronger after the Dentist these days.

Ironically for me, all Codeine based painkillers do for me is numb the pain, I get zero high off of any of them.

Now muscle relaxants on the other hand, it's like I'm 3 seconds behind the rest of the world.

 

[braalian]

Hospitals parcel out patient attention by the minute, very niggardly.

It’s always been that way.

If you want your own private nurse you better be able to shell out the money to hire one

 

[BackAgain]

Tylenol does the bare minimum for me, but you don't get anything stronger after the Dentist these days.

Ironically for me, all Codeine based painkillers do for me is numb the pain, I get zero high off of any of them.

Now muscle relaxants on the other hand, it's like I'm 3 seconds behind the rest of the world.

I have used THC gummies. They actually do work. But I can only use one at night — when I won’t be driving — because they also do give me a high. And as to that, I’m not complaining. I mean, I have had to pretty much quit all alcohol.

Trade-offs.

After some knee replacement surgery years back, I was on Oxy for one week. It worked, but had drawbacks. And after that one stinkin’ week, I absolutely did have to deal with withdrawal symptoms.

 

[SweetSue92]

Or maybe you’re one of those patients under the mistaken impression that nursing is a customer service profession similar to waiting tables?

A nurse not being able to give a pain med right away because they’re in another room or because 3 other patients asked before you is not “neglecting” anything

People think teachers are the same. That is: we are able to immediately and thoroughly respond to every one of our students, even though we have multiples.

Society sucks and is nearly broken tbh

 

[martybegan]

I have used THC gummies. They actually do work. But I can only use one at night — when I won’t be driving — because they also do give me a high. And as to that, I’m not complaining. I mean, I have had to pretty much quit all alcohol.

Trade-offs.

After some knee replacement surgery years back, I was on Oxy for one week. It worked, but had drawbacks. And after that one stinkin’ week, I absolutely did have to deal with withdrawal symptoms.

It's amazing how drugs work differently for different people. As I said they do nothing for me except numb pain. I've had them expire on me after I stopped using them because the pain went away.