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@rowdyramsey

Thank you for your kind words! Yeah I was way over prescribed. By the end of it I could take 20 .4 Dilaudid at one time and it didn’t even touch me! I knew . They actually threw me off the transplant list because they said the pain would be to great cause they could Not give me enough pain meds to comfort me because my tolerance was so high. They alone where responsible for medicating me because I was living at the hospital on a permanent basis. They gave me Dilaudid every 4 hrs along with Atalanta and morphine every 3. The doctor called my mom and said I had lapsed into a coma and this was the end. She came immediately and found me totally awake and out of my mom. My mom caused a big scene(she is a retired RN. I wasent in any coma<they had drugged me so bad that I lost consciousness. My mom went nuts on them. They overly medicated me and if I wasent under HE,I was a zombie stoned out of my mind! They put me back on the list 2 months later
Unfortunately , I have developed an eating disorder in which my life is at stake once again. Problem is I cant eat. I’m nauseated all the time and can’t get food down because of it. It’s not like I don’t eat cause I think I’m fat. I don’t eat because I have no appetite.. I’m seeing a doctor and a psychiatrist. About 2 months now. They have done nothing!!i go every other week and not one thing is talked about of any importance. It’s a joke!
Fatigue is always been a problem for me. It takes me 2 hours in the morning just to feel like I can move. It’s ridiculous. I have no problem with sleep. I have been on Trazadone since the transplant. I go to sleep within 20 min.<don’t wake up and I can sleep 10-11 hours a day! I am still disabled so I’m home all the time.Are you still disabled from your transplant? Anyone?

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@rowdyramsey I had a great recovery from transplant and never had a problem from it.
Your journey sounds very unusual. I assume you are being treated at an excellent transplant center, if so you need to believe in them. If not, then find a different one.
I'm sorry to hear you are having difficulty eating now. Hopefully the doctors you are seeing will be able to provide you with some help. Please let us know how you are doing, and if they do have any suggestions for you to get beyond your lack of appetite.
JK

I honestly can't recall any pain meds after surgery. Maybe within the first 48 hours but nothing after that for sure. The only pain I remember is from lying awardly in the bed trying to get comfortable and my back hurt after 8 1/2 hours during surgery.