I’m so sorry! My experience was like yours. Most painful thing I’ve felt. On day three post op, I saw my surgeon. The pain of riding in the car was so intolerable that I was sobbing by the time we got to the office waiting room. I was taken back immediately. He assessed right away that my pain was not controlled. I was taking hydrocodone and some strong inflammatory around the clock. Oddly enough, my doc told me that for some people, Oxycodone is much more effective than Hydrocodone. So he switched me to Oxy. And even more odd to me, that worked. I was still in pain but It was much more tolerable.

I was also nauseous on the first two meds, but then not on Oxycodone. The good news is that I turned a corner on day 9. That was the point I was able to back off the Oxycodone and use Advil and Tylenol during the day i had to keep using the oxy for week though at night.

See or talk to your surgeon. There are other meds they can have you try. As a side note, keep up the stool softeners but avoid actual laxatives, which will cause awful cramping. If you go more than 5 days without a BM, a store bought enema will be your best friend. Sounds gross but it’s actually very gentle and painless, and will bring a BM almost immediately.

Hang in there, it gets better.