I'm gonna ream a gas passer's ass.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in I'm gonna ream a gas passer's ass.:

Sigh - can she tolerate NSAIDs or acetaminophen? Shouldn't have all that much pain after a thryoidectomy, esp 24 hours later.

I'm a GREAT believer in acetaminophen, as you know.

One of the things we used to use, back in the day, was low-dose droperidol.

Try to stay away from the NSAIDs because of the kidneys, although she can tolerate a little ibuprofen if she has to. Naproxen, OTOH, gave her acute pancreatitis when they were using that years ago for her arthritis. She was on Ofirmev post-op, which controlled pain well, so it'll be oral acetaminophen at home.

The problem was the severe nausea and headache, not surgical pain. Whatever the narcotic was, it was not needed.

[Jolly]

@Aqua-Letifer said in I'm gonna ream a gas passer's ass.:

@Jolly said in I'm gonna ream a gas passer's ass.:

Nope.

Somebody is going to have a come to Jesus moment.

I'd pay good money to be in the room for that shit.

Glad she's okay, though, all things considering.

Working today. Did not anticipate all the post-op fun. I was going to stay with her until late yesterday evening, then go home, feed the animals and leave home for work in the morning, while letting my daughter stay with her this morning until discharge. Thought we might have even been able to go home late yesterday evening. As it was, I enjoyed all the comforts of a hospital room couch, got ready at 0400 and drove on over, leaving the wife uncovered for a couple of hours, but by that time she was doing better.

So...I'll get my point across in private. For more than one reason...Been monitoring CA, BUN and Creat levels on my MIL...Getting real close to parathyroid surgery and the same surgeon will probably do her procedure.

And...my wife's mother has the same issue with synthetic opioids her daughter has...

[George K]

@Jolly said in I'm gonna ream a gas passer's ass.:

She was on Ofirmev post-op, which controlled pain well, so it'll be oral acetaminophen at home.

I was a great believer in that stuff until subsequent studies showed that the oral route is just as effective as the parenteral route. That's become my go-to drug.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in I'm gonna ream a gas passer's ass.:

So...I'll get my point across in private. For more than one reason...Been monitoring CA, BUN and Creat levels on my MIL...Getting real close to parathyroid surgery and the same surgeon will probably do her procedure.

It's good to know about those things. My grandmother had this weird hip calcification thing going on, and needed surgery for it. When my uncle got about that old, he had the same thing. They both recovered okay enough, but weren't ever exactly 100% afterwards.

My dad started wondering and after one doc refused, he got examined by someone else. Same thing, same side. Only he caught it earlier, so he recovered better from the surgery. He can still run. (Crazy bastid.)

[Jolly]

Like father, like son.

[Axtremus]

How is Mrs. @Jolly doing now? Better?

Best wishes to the Mrs. in any case.

[Jolly]

Much better, thank you. Typical post-op stuff right now, which is very manageable with this type surgery.

Didn't improve her snoring, though.

[taiwan_girl]

@Jolly Wow! that is scary. Glad you had the knowledge to understand what was happening and causes!!

And good that Mrs. Jolly is doing better!!

[Horace]

Glad she’s doing better.

[Jolly]

Thank you.

I'm going to have to check the chart for a definitive answer, but there are strong indications Dilaudid was used.

[brenda]

@Aqua-Letifer said in I'm gonna ream a gas passer's ass.:

@Jolly said in I'm gonna ream a gas passer's ass.:

Nope.

Somebody is going to have a come to Jesus moment.

I'd pay good money to be in the room for that shit.

Glad she's okay, though, all things considering.

+1 indeed!