Had surgery three weeks ago

[chameleonkeeper]

Hi ladies,So had my endo surgery three weeks ago.It went really well after a bit of a scare.

Both my endometriomas had burst due to waiting over 18months for my surgery. I was on Liquid Morphine, Dihydrocodeine slow release , baclofen, naproxen, buscopan, cyclizine, lansoprazole, the list goes on about 14 different medications during that wait.

I am trying to wind down my pain medication gradually to see what effect the surgery has had.

The side effects- withdrawal - due to the amount of time I was on these is quite severe.

Has anyone been in a similar situation after surgery?

Are there any things that can help make the weening off medication a bit more comfortable as I am struggling 😕 at the minute?

Thank you all in advance

Best wishes

xx

[lucikam]

You should taper off really slowly. It depends how my mg opium you were per day how many times did you take it per day.

[chameleonkeeper in reply to lucikam]

Thank you for your advice

[Cailleach]

I agree and I have found sometimes doctors underestimate how long you need to withdraw from meds. Take it as slowly as you need to -depends on the dose and the type of medication of course.

Eg if you are taking it four times a day go down to three but still space them out. If that is too much you can check if a lower dose tablet is available e.g 50mg so instead of cutting it by 100mg so you can just drop 50mg a day to start with. Another thing to try when you are down to one dose is taking it every other day for a week or so before stopping it.

Also can help to just stop one medication at a time, so if you are having problems you know what is causing it. I would expect the morphine and dihydrocodeine to be the hardest ones, they are quite powerful and addictive.

Good news that you have had your surgery though!

[chameleonkeeper in reply to Cailleach]

Thank youfor your advice