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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had my first C-section 8 years ago and the amount of painkillers they gave me was INSANE.  I mean - literally I could have sold 1/2 and still had too much!  I have been extremely lucky - by my mid 30s I'd never broken a bone, been in a hospital or had any health issues so after that csec, I was pretty traumatized by the pain/recovery.  Still, after awhile, I just could not deal with being on the painkillers.  The first week I ended up in the ER because I had too much in my system - combo of the strong tylenol + hydrocodone I was taking.  They gave me so much gas I couldn't move it hurt so much.  They hooked me up to some drug in the ER and I swear that stuff was like heaven - I can def understand how addiction happens.  If I had that kind of opportunity to feel like that all the time, I can see why people would take it!

I ended up obviously getting better and then came my second c section 2 1/2 years later.  I ended up on my own accord stopping the pain meds because I just couldn't function - it made me so tired - my body apparently does not respond to opioids very well in that all that happens is I fall asleep :) I'm just not the type that's going to get addicted as a result but I can see if I was another kind of person, there was ample opportunity to do so with how much I had and how willing the Dr. were to give me more if I asked.  It was all about pain control they said - whatever it took I should have it was their attitude.  After my 2nd, there was no way I could take care of my kids on drugs so for me I relied on advil and that was it.  I just couldn't believe the access I had to opiods - again it was way to easy to get that prescription.

In any case, my point is I cannot believe how much I received from the doctors.  It was crazy!  I just can't imagine any new mother needing that much.  I think the medical community really needs to reconsider their protocols and not over prescribe but neither to under prescribe - I think it's very much a matter of having no set protocols in place that contributes to this epidemic.

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I find this story, as well as the post above about hospital ratings related to pain management, very disturbing. Why does our society, or at least part of it that includes hospitals (and whoever rates hospitals) have this idea that a patient should experience no pain following surgery? I don't like pain anymore than the next person, but it is part of surgery, injuries, etc. I think it is unrealistic to expect that you should not have some pain after these events. These painkillers are being way, way overprescribed. We are all seeing the consequences of that. [/quote]

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