Hi everyone . My husband had a lobectomy the Dr said he took 40% of his lower lobe in his right lung. He originally was diagnosed with stage 1 carcinoma all lymph nodes were negative. However the tumor was bit larger 4.1 cm. The surgeon was a Robotic specialist.
That was 4 weeks ago and the nerve pain is extreme. The Nurse practitioner has changed his meds several times. Narcotics do not agree with him. He’s now on 900mg Gapentin 3x a day along with a muscle relaxer. His pain level after 3 days is about 7 from an eight. Most of the pain is on his right side where the drain tube was located. He describes it as burning, tingling and sharp. Besides drugs we've tried a heating pad. They talked to us about pain management. Has anybody tried that?
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A speedy recovery.
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