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06-19-16, 11:24 AM
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You should be able to manage or "stay ahead" of the pain if they gave you strong enough meds. Staying ahead of the pain will help you heal much faster too. I learned that the hard way 25 years ago when I was trying to be a tough guy by not taking pain meds. I'd at least call the orthopedic surgeon to ask if what you are going through is normal.
pain is a little bit more managed today, i think i just can't really get up more than once or twice or longer than 5 minutes. its kind of a different type of pain now, more constant. its all just kind of weird how a few days ago the pain started getting way better and then it crashed again.
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yeah, i'm not really sure how to do that tho when i'm already taking the max prescribed dosage of everything.
pain is a little bit more managed today, i think i just can't really get up more than once or twice or longer than 5 minutes. its kind of a different type of pain now, more constant. its all just kind of weird how a few days ago the pain started getting way better and then it crashed again.
pain is a little bit more managed today, i think i just can't really get up more than once or twice or longer than 5 minutes. its kind of a different type of pain now, more constant. its all just kind of weird how a few days ago the pain started getting way better and then it crashed again.
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You should be able to manage or "stay ahead" of the pain if they gave you strong enough meds. Staying ahead of the pain will help you heal much faster too. I learned that the hard way 25 years ago when I was trying to be a tough guy by not taking pain meds. I'd at least call the orthopedic surgeon to ask if what you are going through is normal.
06-19-16, 12:10 PM
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Of course what you say is true and important and common sense needs to be applied to each individual situation. Just because HappyTrash is on enough meds to be pain free doesn't mean it's OK for him to do squats or ride a bike until his knee heals.
On my recent fractured heel bone I was on enough dope to be pain free, but I didn't dare put my foot on the ground until enough weeks had passed to allow the bone to heal. During those weeks I was able to do range of motion exercises which prevented damage to my Achilles tendon which can occur due to immobility.
Pain is definitely mother natures way of preventing you from making an injury worse . But pain doesn't facilitate the healing process.
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06-19-16, 12:15 PM
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OP: are you doing any physical therapy? I would contact the MD in any case, as increased pain after surgery can be a sign of a problem.
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Call your doctor! 100 times out of 100 call your doctor even if you think it is a stupid question or they might not be able to do anything. They need to know what is going on so they can try to help or at least keep tabs especially after surgery or something like that.
anyway i have a follow up appointment in another week, i'm pretty sure i'm gonna get more oxy (like an actual higher dose) but i might wait to go in. i have to move from my girlfriends house to my dads house today so thats already gonna cause me enough pain when it catches up with me.
i took the brace and the wrap of today (which i'm allowed to do) and its really terrible under there.... so upsetting. the wrap had gotten a little messed up so my muscle had actually gotten some malformed bumps on it. and theres a ton of bruising, not from the accident itself, i guess its just how compression bandaging works. all of its on the underside of my leg.
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omg, i can't believe my dad actually guilted me for not doing anything for fathers day.
like hi, i'm alive ok i'm doing my best here.
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In a few of my injuries the pain was so severe that it caused my muscles to be in a constant state of spasm, causing inflammation and knotting. It's my understanding that this can restrict blood flow to the area which slows healing. If the inflammation is bad/big enough it'll irritate other things in the area. I was also told that the reduction of range of motion due to pain slows the rehabilitation process in certain injuries. For example, if you just stopped using your right arm for six weeks. It would atrophy and be weak and sore when you started using it again.
Of course what you say is true and important and common sense needs to be applied to each individual situation. Just because HappyTrash is on enough meds to be pain free doesn't mean it's OK for him to do squats or ride a bike until his knee heals.
On my recent fractured heel bone I was on enough dope to be pain free, but I didn't dare put my foot on the ground until enough weeks had passed to allow the bone to heal. During those weeks I was able to do range of motion exercises which prevented damage to my Achilles tendon which can occur due to immobility.
Pain is definitely mother natures way of preventing you from making an injury worse . But pain doesn't facilitate the healing process.
Of course what you say is true and important and common sense needs to be applied to each individual situation. Just because HappyTrash is on enough meds to be pain free doesn't mean it's OK for him to do squats or ride a bike until his knee heals.
On my recent fractured heel bone I was on enough dope to be pain free, but I didn't dare put my foot on the ground until enough weeks had passed to allow the bone to heal. During those weeks I was able to do range of motion exercises which prevented damage to my Achilles tendon which can occur due to immobility.
Pain is definitely mother natures way of preventing you from making an injury worse . But pain doesn't facilitate the healing process.
i'm a girl just fyi
i've heard all this too, but i'm a little worried that a few times when the painkillers actually worked, i got excited and did too much and ****ed something up, cause the pain was way worse later...
06-20-16, 11:13 AM
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I'm not a doc but I'm pretty sure all that bruising is normal. It's just a delayed appearance. It usually gets much worse looking before it gets better. Let us know what the doc says.
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no but i am, i'm being very careful with it. the doctors instructions are actually pretty lenient, some weight bearing is allowed even right after surgery. tho i guess its not a weight bearing bone so that makes some sense.
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