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How was your pain after a lobectomy?

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Thanks for your reply @maryckolben and your good wishes.
I like hearing that your max pain was a 4!
I'm curious as to what medication(s) you're waking yourself up to take? I do know how important it is to keep ahead of the pain though.
Medical staff have assured me that things have changed a lot in 35 years and that recognizing the importance of getting patients moving has gone hand in hand with making sure their pain levels don't get in the way of that.

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maryckolben | @maryckolben | 4 days ago

Hi,
Yes my surgeon ran a study at anshutz and showed a significant positive trend with walking right after surgery and throughout the hospital stay. The nursing staff was on board and I took several long walks each day. It wasn’t pleasant with the chest tube but felt good to get up and around.

Here is what they have me on. I know others need something stronger for pain (and I’m all about taking what I needed) but by day 3, I only needed Tylenol. (Oh and lidocaine patches were awesome too)! They used those on me.

DilTIAZem - for heart
Blue - 1 per day - Take each morning

Tylonal for pain- two 500mg, 4 times per day ( I now alternate with one aleve ). I don’t double up.

Methocarbamol - muscle relaxer one pill 4 times per day - pink

Pregabalin - for nerve pain. Must wean off it! Tiny red and white 2 per day (after 2 or 3 weeks, I’ll wean to 1 per day for 5 days). Sending you healing and peaceful thoughts and prayers.
Take care, you got this!!

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