Tagged: nerve-block

A lolcat meme: a small grey-and-white kitten sits with its right front leg wrapped in a white bandage. White text reads 'My plan to dominate the world has been put on hold for *now*.'

Day 1Early Recovery

I Wanna Be Sedated

Post-op update time. First, the bad news: I did not get the continuous no-no-nerve juice machine I'd campaigned so hard for. Boooo. Instead they sent me home…

Pain 4/10 NWB early-recovery · post-op · medications

A white coffee mug with a black handle and black interior. The text reads 'I START WORKING WHEN MY' above an OxyContin 80mg pharmaceutical label graphic, then 'STARTS WORKING' below.

Pre-op · 5d to surgeryPre-op

Comfortably Numb

Let's talk about pain. Specifically, let's talk about the plan to outsmart it, because last time pain and I had a very bad weekend together. Rewind to the left…

FWB pre-op · medications · pain-science