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Glad to hear the surgery went well, Lloyd. When the pain lessens to the point that you can get by with over the counter pain meds give "combo NSAIDS" a try. My GP advised me years ago that one ibuprofen and one acetaminophen, or a naproxen sodium will work far better than two of any one of those. You can basically choose which two-way combo you want, according to your needs.

Praying for you to have a swift and sure recovery.

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Glad you have the surgery out of the way. My experience with the post-surgery opioid based pain meds is the associated constipation can almost be as bad as the pain from the surgery. It's one of those cases where being a regular guy is awesome & way underrated!

Good luck with the recovery, springs a coming & something to look forward to.

Dogon,
Absolutely, the pain from the constipation is as bad. In my case, a small glass of prune juice paired well with my morning pipe!
Karl

Lloyd, glad to hear your surgery went well. I can vouch for Stan’s combo approach. Better in every way to the “oxy” road IMHO (why people pay crazy money on the street for those pills I’ll never understand.)
Remembering you daily during these recovery weeks. Looking at the weather, it’s a good thing you can’t get outside for awhile. 🥶

Thanks Guys! It's a prune world here for sure. The wife has been feeding them to me ever since this all started. So-far, so-good. And...the NSAID combination seems to be the answer here as well. There is evidently a 3rd generation of NSAIDs (Celebrex?) that pairs well with Tylenol and the Oxy, and a revolving combination of those three seems to be helping me stay ahead of things.

Just had a good nights sleep and now some coffee, coffee-cake and prunes await! Parker Adventist rocks, btw, just as Fall Creek Fan advised. Things are looking up here.

That is a good cocktail, Stan. But I take a lot more than that. My urologist told me, when I was having pain from a small kidney stone, that I could take 2 ibuprofen every four hours, 3 every 6 hours, or 4 every 8 hours. I take 4 with two Tylenol when I'm hurting anywhere. Therapeutic dose and all. I would never know it if I took just one of each.
JR

We don’t father daughters in our family. You have to go back to the great great grandfather for the last girl. When our daughter-in-law’s routine delivery suddenly became everything but, a very emotional image was seared into my being. It’s of a nurse racing a bed down the hall with a lady OB-GYN up in the bed shouting orders and desperately fighting for a child’s life. In the next moment the whole maternity floor is in motion and other nurses and doctors are running. Because of God’s grace and the incredible and decisive skill of the medical staff at your hometown hospital, I have a sweet little blond headed granddaughter.

Great story, thanks for sharing Randy.

That is my story too, Randy, except for the scare at birth. My aunt was the last girl child born into my family line in 97 years. We had to marry them into the Hillis family until our granddaughter was born in July of 2018. She is now 5 years old and the most precious thing in our lives. Best part is that she only lives 8 miles away. What a blessing!