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Pain after robotic assisted lobectomy: How long does it last?
I had a robotic assisted lobectomy about 5 weeks ago and still experiencing pain. Seems like there has been very little improvement in past couple of weeks although incisions look great. The pain is mostly when I am moving and at night when trying to get comfortable in bed. Just wondering how long others had pain after this type of surgery? I feel bad even asking this as so many people have went through so much more in their cancer journey than I have. I know I should feel fortunate.
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@janet23 went to pain management today. He increased my husbands Gabapentin. To 400 mg 3x a day but we haven’t started it yet. I Noticed his ankle was mildly swollen today and his legs tonight. I’ll call the cardiologist and pain management tomorrow.
He did have diverticulitis scan and that’s how we noticed the lung tumor.
The gastro surgeon wanted to do colon resection this Dec.9. I don’t feel he’s ready for another major surgery. Discussed this with all drs today. Oncologist wants to do chemo but Gastro surgeon is worried chemo would lower his immune response and if he had a relapse of diverticulitis and that would be dangerous
This is snowballing. And we have a lot to decide. He also was diagnosed with A-fib. A new post surgery addition.
Stay well all . Will let you know our decision.
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1 ReactionMy husband is on week 5. Today I put a lidocaine patch on his side where the pain is. Not near the incision which has healed. He said it helped the sensitivity. He also is taking Gabapentin 300 x3 a day. The pain management Dr increased it to 400. But we haven’t started that yet. He also gave us a prescription for a different kind of patch slow release which is either out of stock or the pharmacy doesn’t sell it.
Well we are keeping a record and will talk to the thoracic surgeon Tuesday.
Hope his progress continues. Will let you know.