srm - I had a TKR of my left leg on June 11th. I am stunned to find someone else who experienced the intense post surgery pain that pain meds could not control. I was lead to believe that I was the outlier. For the first 48 hours post surgery, no medication would dull my pain. I was on OxyContin, tramadol and dilaudid. Due to the stress on my body, my doctors experimented with a cocktail blend on the third day. My pain relief was marginal. By varying the dosages of the three and frequency of administration, I began to feel some relief. However, my blood pressure tanked and they had to reduce my pain medications to get my blood pressure up. By day 8 in the hospital, I had healed enough that the meds began to have some effect. In retrospect, I wish I had gone to Mayo for my surgery, but I didn’t.
My doctors couldn’t explain why the pain meds would not work on me.
QUESTION : has anyone offered you an explanation why the meds would not work for you ?
I’m on day 24 now and pain is now tolerable.