Mar 22 2012
Post Surgery (day 1-5) - The Norco experiment!
I only recently learned about this site so I find myself having to back track a few days when telling my story. I am actually day 6 post surgery, but if you don’t mind following me back in time we can get caught up on those first days following my surgery. I went home about an hour after my surgery and despite all the warnings I hit the Del Taco drive thru for my usually 1-Del Beef burrito & 1-Combination burrito. Ok so I may have ordered two tacos as well, but I was starving and weak, ha-ha.
They originally gave me Norco 325mg to take 1 tablet every 4 hours, which by 6am the next day quickly changed to 2 tablets every 4 hours due to my pain being between a 7-8 on their pain scale. I continued taking the Norco not realizing I was having an allergic reaction to the drug. It wasn’t until day 4 I went online to look up all of the possible side affects. I had all the severe side affects listed which were dizziness, mood swings, anxiety, skin rash, agitation, and so on and so on. I thought this must be what a drug addict feels like! I called my doctor’s office and asked them to please switch my medication then dumped the remaining Norco and began to take Tylenol 500mg until they prescribed me Percocet 325mg. This was the first time in my life I had such a severe reaction to a drug. My advice to others if you have never taken a prescribed drug before then research it and be educate yourself on it. It turns out most of my family members who have taken Norco have all had severe reactions to it, so again good to know info talk to your family members see what’s worked for them in the past. OK enough soapbox talk….
Well that brings me up to speed. The only thing I will add is for some reason on day 5 my leg began to swell. It got so bad I had loosen the bandage around my splint which helped considerable. The next morning(today) I did put the bandages back to their firm fitting to ensure the splint remains secure. I will end with a question, has anyone else out their gotten really bad shooting pains in their heel. I am talking a good 6-7 on the pain scale. They don’t last long maybe 30 seconds but man do they hurt!
