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[geminigirl]

I'm not a huge fan of taking pain killers, but my goodness...

the ice picks in my ears are unbearable-sometimes even worse than the pain in my throat. The small end of the dose of percocet relieves it to a bearable point, and I'm afraid to take a larger dose because the small dose makes me sleep, the larger dose would make me sleep too long. (Too long means that the dose might wear off, which means I can't swallow which means I can't take another dose, etc.)

They said to expect throat and ear discomfort...I know I'm hypersensitive to pain in my ears (ever since I was a small child) but I'm not sure if it's supposed to feel like this.

I was hoping to not be taking the percocet at this point, but there's no way that's going to happen. I'm just wondering if it will be okay to drive to and from the doctor tomorrow for my post-op appointment.

(okay. percocet seems to have kicked in enough that I can swallow. Time for apple juice.)

Comments

[malte.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't suppose it's any consolation, but my ex reported that the aftermath of his tonsillectomy was really horrible, with all sorts of 'I'm not sure it's supposed to be as bad as this's. Hang in there! Sounds like you're doing all the right things.

[geminigirl]

Do you recall about how long until some of it calmed down?

Pain free is one thing, but this is a bit...much.

[floodland.livejournal.com]

Oh boy.. this is not making me feel good :) I am going to have mine out in the coming months and these kind of stories don't excite me ;)

[geminigirl]

The percocet helps. A lot. I'm in this cycle of eat enough to get the medication down without puking (which isn't much at all) take percocet, be awke for a bit, eat something, sleep, wake up, start over again.

It's when I wait too long between percocet doses that I have problems.

Mmmm....liquid percocet. Tastes vile, works well.

What I need to make sure to do is not wait too long between doses.

[mskathy.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear you're having such pain in your ears :( My ears didn't hurt much after having mine out.

I do remember asking myself why I had the surgery, because it hurt -so much-. I have a fairly high pain tolerance, and I was still in a LOT of pain, for at least a week. I was supposed to go back to work after a week and couldn't for two - and that was still painful to talk and have to do normal everyday things, for me.

Of course, I am now 4 years past it, and every cold season thank goodness that my tonsils won't swell up and ache for months. It's hard to go through, but I think it was so well worth it, and tried to remind myself of that when I was in pain at the time.

In short, I think it's normal to feel like you're in pain longer than you expect, unfortunately. :/ Is there anyone that could drive you to your appointment?

[geminigirl]

I'm supposed to go back to work Friday, but I may take an extra day and have the whole weekend off...

My ears hurt a lot more than I'd expected them too...I knew they would probably hurt, but this is pain that brings me to tears, that's dulled to mostly bearable by the medication. I'm going to ask about it tomorrow.

I scheduled most of my groups for the first week back to be run by my substance abuse counselor, but there's at least two that I'm going to have to run...I'm hoping that I can get help with some of the others. I'm not sure this is reasonable for two weeks...but I'll keep in mind that this will mean fewer sore throats and cases of infected tonsils all winter.

Unfortunately, Mom left yesterday, and everyone else is working tomorrow, so I'll try to get myself to my appointment.

For now I'm going to choke down something else so I can take more percocet.

[ridleymae.livejournal.com]

aww. i hope you start feeling better soon!

[geminigirl]

How are you feeling? You sounded very perky!