Surgery update

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Originally Posted by Allan at Wallan

Those operations are not what they are cracked up to be. :D

Allan

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Very droll Ol' fella. Day 28 and off all painkillers! Still going through horrible withdrawal symptoms. :no: Rats chewing my brain and big hairy white spiders dropping out of the ceiling. :C Hopefully, they go away soon and I can get a good nights sleep.
Cheers
Mike

Hello Mike,

I feel for you mate, but hang in there, it does go away. When I had my fusion, ( C6/C7 in neck), the pain meds were Oxycontin, which I later discovered is also known as "hillbilly heroin".

I was half ratty at the time I think, it was like having a nightmare, only you were half awake? Scary stuff. Never so glad to get off something in my life.

Cheers, Harry

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Originally Posted by Redbog

Hello Mike,

I feel for you mate, but hang in there, it does go away. When I had my fusion, ( C6/C7 in neck), the pain meds were Oxycontin, which I later discovered is also known as "hillbilly heroin".

I was half ratty at the time I think, it was like having a nightmare, only you were half awake? Scary stuff. Never so glad to get off something in my life.

Cheers, Harry

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Hey Harry,
Yeah, that's the crap that did Heath Ledger in, poor bugger. What you describe is what it was like for me. The rats n bats have stopped now thankfully. Now I can't sleep - Dr tomorrow for some sleepers. Will use them until the old body clock resets to normal. My next scheduled surgery is a C4 replacement but at my age I'm thinking I'll pass and just let it rot away. If I was 30 years younger I'd do it. I'd rather be in the shed than in constant rehab - it's boring as batshit (the rehab I mean 😬).
cheers
Mike.