At home now, still woozy from 1 mg of Dilaudid. Turns out it WAS a kidney stone, but small enough that it would probably pass by itself, so no sonar booming of the stone is necessary.
I DID leave with a script for Percoset, which I've never taken. What's it like? Will it make me woozy and sleep?
I got a shot of 1 mg of Dilaudid, and it's made me ZONKED and I have fuzzy vision, but the pain has gone from a 7 to
2. sI find myself wondering how much ita gets every weekL HOW IS SHE FUNCTIONAL?!
It was very hard to write this post,
So glad you didn't get into a car and ride for eight hours, Strix.
People's reactions to Percoset (hydrocodone + acetaminophen) vary widely. It knocks some people out, but keeps a smaller number awake. It does make some people nauseated. It just makes me feel fine.
Percocet often makes me unable to sleep...except when it does. I know that's totally unhelpful. I think, like Ginger said, that most people get relaxed/loopy/sleepy.
Dilaudid is awesomesauce. I hope you pass that stone quickly!
Percocet does nothing for me, good or bad. Strix, I've enjoyed some of your typos and I hope you are pain free.
Percocet made me puke like the exorcist kid. It was gross. Vicodin was my friend though.
When I was hospitalized a few years ago I was on a pump getting .5 mg of dilaudid every 30 minutes. That brought the pain down to about a 6 or 7.
Percocet makes everything soft and fuzzy for me.
Welp, I collapsed like a dead thing after eating a little something post-ER, and slept for about 10 hours. I have to pee in this toilet-bedpan thing, and (UGH) strain my pee until the stone passes. Before coffee -- THERE'S a recipee for disaster!
Just took my first Percoset. We shall see if it makes me sleepy, nauseated or as crazy as a homicidal clown. I'm voting for pain-free and drowsy.
ETA: I just went back and re-read my posts! My typos WERE crazy!! It took me seriously 15 minutes each to write the on-Dilaudid posts!
Strix, I'm so glad you went to the ER. Feel better.
We are stuck in horrible traffic. First stop when we get there is breakfast. 2nd stop Gorey House!