Yet I will be having my whole shoulder replaced, or whatever that entails. So I have settled for the fact I will have to take something. I just want to be prepared, insurance wise.
This is what they will be replacing.
Based upon experience, ask your surgeon for two additional items. The surgeon can include an anti-nausea drug in your IV. Ask about anti-constipation medication too. Constipation is a common side effect of most serious pain killers.
FWIW, I’ve had two neck fusions, two rotator cup, bariatic surgery, and hand surgery to reattach all the tendons in my right hand. IOW, there is some experience there. Get off the opiods as rapidly as possible. Pain tolerance is a personal thing but I take a opiod upon arriving home, one before bed, one the next morning then tylenol only. I’m not saying it will work for you but it does work for many. those opiods are a bitch. Quit them asap.
So, you’re not going to take vaccines but you will take prescription drugs? The prescription drugs can have side effects as serious, if not more so, than the vaccines.
“The prescription drugs can have side effects as serious, if not more so, than the vaccines.’
The adverse effects of Rx drugs tend to be well understood and, in most cases, disappear once the drug is discontinued. Can’t do that once you’ve received a vaccine. (I am not generally anti-vaccine, just having received the complement for over-60s, but am mindful of the risks).