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[NickNack]

I had my kidney surgery on Thurs., Feb. 3rd and spent one night in the hospital. I spent  two nights at my sisters and came home late Sunday.  Ava and Henry were both very happy to see me.

I am in a lot of pain.  They used to keep you in the hospital two or three nights for this surgery, and I feel like I needed at least one more night for the pain.

They gave me dilaudid by IV every two hours and also oxycodone and hydrocodone.  They gave me morphine by IV the first time, and it didn't help at all, so they switched to dilaudid.

I'm only on 5 mg oxycodone every six hours, and that's just not enough.  I'm not sure it helps at all.  I don't really know how much pain I'm supposed to be in.

I have barely been on the computer, so please forgive me if I don't respond to you or heart your post quickly.  I did see that @m0rgan started a thread asking about me, and I appreciate that.  

I won't know if it was cancer until I see my surgeon on the 16th.  He felt that he got very good margins though.  You don't treat kidney cancer with chemotherapy or radiation because it just doesn't work well.  You remove the tumor.  So there will be no further treatment.  He also said that there is virtually no way that it will come back once it's removed.  I'm not worried about that.

I just want this pain to be controlled.  I'm not a wimp as far as pain goes.  It's just pretty bad.  I'm doing my deep breathing, and I'm walking around the house and sitting up.  It hurts less when I lie down.

I'm going to sign off for now but will try to come back and check the boards.  I very much appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers.

[Dusty1]

@NickNack I'm glad things went well & I hope your pain is gone soon.

Take good care of yourself.

I'm sorry you have to wait so long to get results. That must be very hard.

[San Antonio Gal]

Sorry you're in much pain @NickNack .  Perhaps your med dosage can be increased?  Hoping you get to feeling better very soon.  Take care.  

[Sooner]

@NickNack Oh I glad to hear it is over so now prayers for comfort, healing and good news.  I hope the drugs are working better!  So sorry for these hard days.

[mspatmac]

@NickNack 

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[catter70]

@NickNack , so very glad you're home. Continued prayers for healing and good news. 

[CAcableGirl2]

@NickNack   Thank you for the update. I hope and pray that your pain will be decreased very very soon.  Reach out to them if you don't think you are getting the correct dosage.  It never hurts to ask.

I will continue to keep you in my prayers.  Continue to heal and when you are able, let us know how you are doing.

[Shanus]

@NickNack   Please contact your doc's office and keep him informed of the pain levels. Too much pain raises blood pressure which could bring on new issues. Most surgeries can be pianful, but you don't need to suffer.

Thinking about you and hope you receive great news and then can rest easy. 💕

[MorningLover]

[ScrapHappy]

Keeping you in thoughts and prayers.  God bless.