Femur Journey with Dr. Paley 11/9/2021

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Good luck!

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Thanks! I just had the femur surgery today. It went well! The nurse told me to take both Tylenol and oxy but I asked her to only give me Tylenol because oxy can be addictive. She agreed. So far, my pain level is low enough that I haven’t needed oxy since I had surgery 10 hours ago. Let’s see how long can I survive by only taking low-risk Tylenol. Has anyone gone through the whole first hell week after surgery without taking any oxy before? Is it even possible?

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Good luck dude! Did you have any vomiting/nausea when waking up after the surgery?

From memory one of the patients Cyborg4Life interviewed also did not take any oxy at all after the surgery (but I could be wrong)

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Hello TakingAction,

It's possible to never use oxycodone after the surgery and throughout the lengthening process. I had my surgery done in August and I haven't taken any oxy so far. My pain level was minimal post-op. In fact, I asked the nurse to stop injecting me with Toradol because the injection pain was the only pain I felt.

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Quote from: TakingAction on November 10, 2021, 01:26:06 AMThanks! I just had the femur surgery today. It went well! The nurse told me to take both Tylenol and oxy but I asked her to only give me Tylenol because oxy can be addictive. She agreed. So far, my pain level is low enough that I haven’t needed oxy since I had surgery 10 hours ago. Let’s see how long can I survive by only taking low-risk Tylenol. Has anyone gone through the whole first hell week after surgery without taking any oxy before? Is it even possible?

I had oxy for three weeks during femoral lengthening last year and oxy still works for me this year. You probably won’t be addicted to oxy since doctor will only give you limited amount to take after discharge. I knew someone who didn’t take any pain meds during entire lengthening process, not even tylenol.

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Quote from: SuchLL on November 10, 2021, 05:39:45 AMI had oxy for three weeks during femoral lengthening last year and oxy still works for me this year. You probably won’t be addicted to oxy since doctor will only give you limited amount to take after discharge. I knew someone who didn’t take any pain meds during entire lengthening process, not even tylenol.

How was your experience with xeralto? Did you get any side effects? You took it for over 6 months in total right?

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Day 2: still haven’t taken any oxy yet. We’ll see how bad the pain is when I move. I was feeling nauseous for an hour after I woke up from surgery yesterday, but it’s only an hour.

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Day 2: I just did my first PT, and I passed out….it might be the blood loss from surgery that’s causing this passing out. But I recovered after about an hour.

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Quote from: TakingAction on November 10, 2021, 08:41:55 PMDay 2: I just did my first PT, and I passed out….it might be the blood loss from surgery that’s causing this passing out. But I recovered after about an hour.

It's normal. Don't push too hard - your body needs time to adjust.

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Quote from: ryand2021 on November 10, 2021, 09:59:01 PMIt's normal. Don't push too hard - your body needs time to adjust.

Really? Did you also pass out on the day after surgery? The confusing part is that one nurse is telling me it’s normal and 90% of the patients passing out. But then an OP and another nurse told me that less than 20% of the patients passing out….hopefully I’ll have a full recovery in the end..