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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
I had an interesting talk with my doc after my surgery this morning. He pointed out that inappropriate pain control can get a head of the healing process, making things worse. You don’t hurt, so you don’t take care of yourself. He told me about a patient of his who had foot surgery in the morning and was out mowing his lawn that afternoon. He felt fine, but his fresh wound was far from fine.
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I had back surgery about 20 years ago wherein they had to go in and actually open up the gaps through which the nerve bundles exit the spine. I had a couple of degenerated discs, built up scar tissue, and something else going on with the vertebrae - calcification, or some other manner of growth on them. Whatever it was, the net result was pinched nerves that were simply debilitating. Like in the hospital, bedridden debilitating.
The docs gave me whatever pain meds were in vogue back then when they sent me home after the surgery. Some high-zoot opioid like percocet, percodan, or something. I was adamant that "I'm not taking that schitt". The doctor told me that the pain relief was critical to my recovery, in that I would subconsciously relax the affected area a good deal more than if I was in pain.
So, yeah, I'm sure every case is different. With that in mind, I think it should be up to the doctor and the patient to work out what is going to work best, not some faceless, politically motivated CDC hack a thousand miles away.