Tagged: pain-management

A meme with white text on a black background reading: Doctor: 'Are you feeling any pain?' Me: 'Only the normal amount.' Doctor: 'The normal amount is zero.' Me: — followed by a wide-eyed penguin from Madagascar staring in baffled silence.

Day 5Early Recovery

Easy

Day 5. Time for a check-in. But first, a reminder of why this journal exists at all. Yes, it's an outlet for me to process everything I'm going through. But…

Pain 2/10 NWB early-recovery · post-op · pain-management

A Finding Nemo meme: Dory, the wide-eyed blue tang fish, grins against a blue underwater background. Bold white text reads 'SLEEP. SLEEP.' across the top and 'MUST GET SLEEP.' across the bottom.

Day 3Early Recovery

Mr. Sandman

Check-in time: we're right about at the 72-hour mark, and honestly? What a chill three days it's been. Mostly. For starters, the extended-release OxyContin has…

Pain 3/10 NWB early-recovery · post-op · medications