Yesterday morning I decided that I would try being off my pain pills and it seemed like such a good idea (9 days post op). As I opened the pill bottle early that morning, there lay one last Percocet pill. I popped it in my mouth around 6 am and went back to sleep for some relief. I was up and out the door around 9 am to run errands with my mom and sure enough, I started hurting around 10 am which was 4 hours later, when the pill wears off. My doc had given me a new Percocet Rx in a 12 hour extended release form called Xartemis which I had filled yesterday but I did not want to give in. I ended up not taking another pain pill even until this very day but man has that been tough. I have questioned my own sanity multiple times during the past few days. I didn't sleep well Saturday night and woke up nearly drenched in sweat but thought maybe I had just gotten too hot under all the covers and 97 pillows I have to sleep with. Last night I nearly fell right into bed from pure exhaustion but around 1:30 am I was awoken by some weird need to move my legs (what I will call restless leg syndrome). I mean I literally felt the need to move my legs constantly. After a few minutes of flailing around in my bed I decided to get up and walk around. I ended up in the living room, on the couch with my iPad for the next 2 hours. I finally ended up falling back asleep but I'll tell you what, this no sleep thing is for the birds! I think I maaaaaay be experiencing some Percocet withdraws. I will definitely be talking to my doc about this on Tuesday.
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Alecia
8/6/2014 08:28:59 am
there are no medals for tolerating pain! Don't be a hero!!
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