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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like everyone is focusing exclusively on the fact that OP is postpartum and ignoring that she has a serious physical injury on top of that. I’ve been postpartum (with multiples!) and had the injury she has (not when I was postpartum), and the injury alone is debilitating. This isn’t a mental health issue. OP would be incapacitated by this injury even if she’d never had a baby. [/quote]

I don’t think people understand how painful a herniated disc is. Taking care of my baby is all I can physically handle. [b]I’m also in more pain because I have refused to take hardcore pain meds for more than a week. [/b]I’m relying on OTC and ice/heat therapy. I go to physical therapy once I’m cleared at 6 weeks.

I ordered more clothes and a cheap shower chair to make sure I shower daily. I showered. My husband washed laundry yesterday. He said he will try to be more in top of it.
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That's just stupid[/quote]

If she’s talking about opioids it’s really not.  The risk of addiction goes way up if you use them for more than a week.  Plus the constipation will make you wish you were dead.  
But double Motrin and lidocaine patches will help a lot.  I’m the one that also suggested flexeril as a less addictive option but that can make it difficult to safely care for an infant—-some people are fine on it but for othets it can make you fall asleep in an instant.  She should be talking to her doctor about her pain level but I don’t blame her at lall for avoiding opioids.  I wonder if they could also do a nerve block or steroid injection or something like that.  She should ask for a referral to a pain specialist — one good thing that came out of the opioid crisis is a whole new approach to different types of pain management and treatment.

Also there’s no shame in sponge baths and dry shampoo.  That’s what people with medical conditions do.[/quote]

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