@colleenyoung I didn't know where to send this to for Scott's and Laurie's surgery, so I'm sending this to you. It depends on the surgery. I had a back fusion from T-10 to my pelvis. My surgery was 9 hours long and 3 hours in recovery. To tell the truth it was very painful and I had low blood pressure, which they thought could be the valium they were giving me, but one of the nurses change my cuff to a smaller one, which also made a difference. I take flexiril now for the muscle relaxant. The day after surgery I had to go down and have anesthesia for them to inject cement in my T-10 and T-11 to keep my back stable. The anesthesia can really make you loopy and not able to think straight. When I had low BP I would almost pass out and my husband said I would talk, but it did not make sense. I also had low Hebagobin (SP) and had to have a Red Blood infusion. Mayo is the best place to have surgery. My surgeon was excellent and had all the qualifications to do my surgery. The surgeon resident that came and saw me everyday didn't do my meds correct. I was only sent home with oxycodone, because I told the nurse I had Tramadol at home and she said my doctor at home could order it for me. They mainly gave me Tramadol in the hospital. My husband called my surgeons assistant and he said, NO, NO, No, I was to also have the Tramadol filled at Mayo. And the way I take it is
is I take tramadol and then 3 hours later the Oxycodone and continue taking the meds that way, They did not tell me that when I was discharge. The surgeon came up to see me the day I was night before I was discharged. He didn't like the way my thing to keep me up right and to protect my back. He did not like it fit, but my husband made it fit better when I got home. Sorry I can't think of the name of it. I hope I didn't give them too many wrong ideas. It was just my surgery and like I said it depends on what kind of surgery they are having. I hope all goes well for them and Mayo is the best place to go.