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CCU after surgery: Still traumatized
Immediately after a deep wipple surgery in CCU about three in the afternoon my epidural was removed due to internal bleeding and I was given no pain medication until surgery the next morning at 7am.
It would take another paragraph to describe the pain. I am still traumatized by this and can’t shake the resentment.
Has anyone out there had to recover from surgery without pain medication?
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1 ReactionI had a similar experience, I was one day out of surgery from open heart surgery having a quad bypass and the doc ordered IV morphine 1-2mg every hour, and the nurse REFUSED to give it to me, I didnt want to rock the boat and be labeled a seeker. I was in extreme pain and she offered me Motrin. When My doc came in the next day he was furious. Nothing happened to the nurse to my knowledge, but Today if that were to happen, I would be calling the nursing supervisor, call hospital administrator AND be writing a letter to the nursing board, and push for her to have further education or have her nursing license taken away. I have learned one really important lesson, THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE. If you are not getting the care you need you or your partner needs to squeak. That was in 2015 and I have PTSD over that hospital stay, and to this day I have nightmares and I refuse to go to that hospital again.
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