Pain after surgery - experience and treatment?
I plan to have foot surgery for a severe bunion, with bone slicing, bone relocation, plates, screws, 6 weeks off my feet. Tri County Foot will do it. I have a very low pain tolerance. I already know Tylenol won't cut it. I am nervous about pain control afterwards, with the state limiting pain pills to 3 days. If you're lucky, your doctor might give you 4 more days (up to 7 total, I think). So I am worried I will have it done and then suffer in agony for days or weeks. Anyone else worry before a procedure? Or postpone an elective procedure b/c of the law? What was your experience after recent surgery (any type of surgery) with the new law? Were you kept comfortable by your doctor? Was he/she indifferent to your pain?
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