[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Had knee surgery. Took some ibuprofen. Was out and walking around the next day.

Had shoulder surgery. Needed Norco for 90 days. Mostly to get through the PT.

Either I got a lot more wimpy in three years or the shoulder surgery was a lot more painful.

[glorgau]

After my last knee surgery (#3) the doc prescribed some opiates for pain, but it turns out I didn’t like the feeling.

Ended up mostly just gutting out the pain with some aspirin and acetiminophen (or whatever the other common one is). Took a couple of weeks before I could walk without a cane.

[cherry]

if you have surgery , make sure they give you some IV toradal in the hospital before you get discharged....I’m convinced that it really really helps patients get over the hump....toradal is just a NSAID but given IV it seems to work wonders...but you can only take so many doses.