suzyljank wrote:Hi, if you're starting to feel dependent on the percocet maybe your doctor can give you another kind of pain medication that isn't so addictive. Perocet is oxycodone and very addictive. Have you tried taking 1/2 a pill to see if you still get pain relief without the full dose. You could also take Aleve or Advil for any breakthrough pain. My husband just had a 3 hour surgery on his arm and shoulder this past thursday and he found aleve works wonders for break through pain, so much so he's cut way back on his prescription pain medicine.
The idea that alive might be able to touch this pain... I don't know what to say. You clearly haven't been in this kind of pain. Alieve does less than nothing, as it also causes stomach bleeding and pain, in addition to not working on the wound pain. Do you really think that I'd take narcotics when a simple OTC would work just as well? I'm glad that your husband is doing well, but your husband's surgery didn't leave him with a square inch of open wound, and he doesn't have to poop out of that wound everyday, unless they do shoulder surgery much differently than I think they do. I don't really see how that's even a little bit similar to this surgery.