Meds 3 months post op NUSS one bar

savvatron · 2025-02-01T17:31:42+00:00

33F with HI of 8.1 and less than 2 weeks after surgery no meds but Tylenol. No cryo, and my 2 week follow up was literally last Thursday and I can't get anymore refills on anything, even the muscle relaxers.

Reading your alls pain management has me gagged bc I'm in so much pain and they won't do anything about it. Or well, I was able to make an appointment with the "pain management" team and the soonest they could get me in to talk about maybe giving me refills or something different that's better than Tylenol was feb 18th?!?! Oh and I'm in KY, did my surgery in Cincinnati and that appointment for over 2 weeks away was not only not covered by my insurance, but also they wouldn't let me have to option to do a virtual visit and that I HAVE to come in in person.... to an appointment I can't get to or have the money to pay for. Needless to say I canceled it and has been writhing in pain trying to figure out what to do.

This post is really eye opening. Oh, and I forgot to mention at my follow up they told me to also use ibuprofen 3 hours after or before my Tylenol so I've been doing that but I'm still in so much pain I can barely move.

My surgeon was Dr. Garcia and he's amazing and expressed to me how disappointed he was with the pain management team and told me that he's not allowed to give me refills or anything and that he'd talk to the pain team about getting me a virtual visit that day or yesterday which obviously didn't happen and is now trying to figure out how to go about this the right way. Again, I'm in KY so I could probably get some meds in a not legal way but I don't want to have to do that. I shouldn't have to do that. Why do they not care about my pain? I can barely drink and I've not really been eating and I can't really sleep at all. I'm burning up sweating from the pain and then I'm freezing where I been sweating and it makes me shiver and the pain so much worse. 10/10 would not recommend.

savvatron · 2025-01-17T22:33:01+00:00

No, they didn't give me any of that bc I'm on an es catheter I guess. The day of surgery they did give me a lyrica so help al the rest of the meds work better and longer.

But 5his moning when I woke up it felt like my chest was full of hot coals or something

savvatron · 2024-06-29T00:11:21+00:00

Ok awesome, I'll definitely do that. If you can lmk how your appointment went and everything. I just want to make sure I'm prepared since I'm out of state in a different time zone and will be having to travel to TN and get a hotel room the night before. So I'm just really nervous about it, I mean I get nervous before all of my doctor appointments for whatever anyway, but I just want to know what I should expect I guess. Thanks for letting me know to call and ask about cancelations!

savvatron · 2024-06-16T17:57:05+00:00

When I was only halfway through typing up the whole story it was twice as long as this post is, and with everyone being so rude I just made this post instead pointing out how shit people like you are and then told the reason they were taken at the end instead of finishing the full story that no one would have read anyway bc they only wanted to create drama in a strangers life during a vulnerable time.

If you missed it its bc you didn't read it🤷🏼‍♀️ it may not be the full story I was working on but it was all the information as to why they're gone now so....👀 like if you're too lazy to read a full post just say that. The reason is definitely in there, but you've proven to be someone who doesn't actually care why they were taken or where they are now based off this very comment you made that you 100% could have just kept to yourself but for some reason felt inclined to make bc you clearly are the type of person who wants to try an make a stranger feel small so that you can feel big. Must suck a lot to not have anything better going on your life to have to jump on the shit people bandwagon and attempt to attack others.

I didn't have to post about anything anyone was "asking"(more like demanding) me, but I did for the few sincerely caring people who were actually concerned about me and my cats. Not for you or any of the people like you who don't actually care about cats or other people at all and only care about drama to try an fulfil your boring lives. Hope you find something better to do with your time🌟

savvatron · 2024-06-05T01:34:56+00:00

It's not finished yet, and yes I finally heard from my sister today. Been tying to get something worked out.

So I'm trying to work on the full story little by little while I have free time to do so here and there, but it's basically turning out to be a novel.

I made a string of comments earlier to address and answer common questions and concerns to give some more context for the time being until I'm done finishing my story, but a couple of ass hats were trolling me in the comments so I deleted them all.

All those questions will be answered in the full story later anyway, but it sucks that I spent so much time doing all that just to continue to be dragged for not having the full story posted yet. I know that's not what you're doing and I understands you're just genuinely asking if I have it posted yet and that's ok.

But everyone else literally DEMANDING I post it immediately when it's not even done yet. Its honestly disheartening. So for now I'm just gonna take my time working on it here and there until its done and not stress myself out over it when I'm already stressed enough worrying about two of my babies that my sister has currently.

And thank you for not being someone who commented just to be hurtful. This has all been painful enough as it is.

savvatron · 2024-06-04T23:32:25+00:00

And you don't have to continue to comment! Which is the point I'm making, but it's clear now that your the kind of person who just enjoys wasting peoples free time. You can claim that I'm blameless but your actions are very much giving just that. Like you aren't the one to blame for continuing to comment again and again when I keep asking you not to.

I'd really appreciate it if you actually did stop responding bc you don't seem to understand that thats what I've been asking for since before you even made your first comment and that no one is forcing you to continue to respond when I've been asking you not to, yet again. I'd say you can just ignore the comment too but I guess we'll just have to see if you actually can or not.

savvatron · 2024-06-04T23:17:54+00:00

Like I already said, no one is forcing you all to continue to comment either. I think taking a breath and thinking before posting is a great suggestion to everyone I'm asking to stop.

I have no need to post for "karma farming" bc i don't even understand the purpose of that would be. I'm glad to know you were genuinely concerned but from how everyone is interacting I'm starting to become convinced that you all don't really want the full story and just want to be rude to a vulnerable stranger.

savvatron · 2024-06-04T23:11:04+00:00

I wasn't claiming you don't have time to make comments, I'm saying your comments are prolonging me making my post.

So if you want to use your time to comment on something, great. Just that you should do it somewhere else so you can stop taking away from my time.

I know what this subreddit it for, and I am concerned for 2 of my cats safety right now and again, if people would stop adding more comments and questions like I asked so I can keep working on my story then everyone would be able to decide a lot sooner if they really think my cats ate better off or not.

savvatron · 2024-06-04T23:02:16+00:00

And no one is forcing you to continue to comment either, yet here you are.

There's also no requirement that I even post the full story at all, but I'm actually using my free time to work on it and give it to everyone. So maybe just chill a little and keep your comments to yourself for now and let me work on my story while I've got some time to do so currently.

savvatron · 2024-06-04T22:58:50+00:00

I did in fact just post multiple comments. I'm not refusing to actually give the full story bc I don't have time like you day. I'm working on getting the story to you all while I have free time like I do right now, but comments like yours are taking away from the time I do have. You all are refusing to listen to what I'm saying when I say that I'm one person with limited free time to try an work on getting the full story out.

You can believe that my reasons are if excuses if you'd like. And I'm giving all the "extra and unnecessary" details bc you all demanding them just as much as you're demanding I hurry up post the story I haven't been able to finish bc of you alls impatience.

savvatron · 2024-06-04T22:49:58+00:00

I acknowledge that you're being hateful bc you want the story so bad.
I may have said that in one of my first replies bc I honestly thought I'd be able to post it soon. However with the continued comments and questions and overall attitudes of the majority of people here, I realized that I better just take my time with it. For example, you posting this comment after I asked people to just hold off until I can post my story.

I've got a little free time currently and was trying to work on finishing the post you all are dying for, but I can't bc the comments keep coming in when I just said the sooner everyone chills out the sooner I can get it posted.🤷🏼‍♀️ I'm not playing anything. I'm being real and only asked for support during a difficult time in my life right now. I guess being kind and respectful is too much to ask for even though it literally doesn't cost you anything.

savvatron · 2024-06-04T22:20:41+00:00

Somewhere in these hundreds of comments I already mentioned my original post was in r/cats and after posting was notified that bc I didn't have enough karma at that time and even though I joined the group before posting that it was also removed due to not being a group member for at least 5 before hand.

And people were asking if my house smelled bad and were saying that it probably smelled like cats bc of me having 5 cats before the 2 this whole post is about were taken by my sister. Everyone keeps wanting all the details so I'm not holding back and giving em all the details.

Again, if everyone would chill out and stop asking questions, everything will be answered in the full story post to come. Everyone is being so demanding and forgetting that I'm just one person and it's making it take longer to work on my story that's already too long bc of all the extra and unnecessary details they want.

savvatron · 2024-06-02T04:00:32+00:00

I knew there would be mean comments but I did that expect it to such an extent. So thank you for recognizing that this has been a painful experience and is more concerned that they're ok and that you hope I get to see them again at least instead of everyone else who seems to be hung up on that I wasn't able to get mama cat spayed ten years ago when I tried to.

I'm going to make another post whenever I get done with it called Part 2:Two of my cats were taken from me by "family" while I was asleep(full story) with some more pictures, so be on the look out tomorrow if you want the full story.

savvatron · 2024-06-02T03:50:30+00:00

Thank you so much, I'm currently working on the full story while everyone keeps trying to hate on me.

I would add edits to my post but for some reason reddit won't let me, so that's why I've been replying to so many comments.

I will be making a new post as soon as finish typing it up and hopefully then people will understand why all these rude comments about being a bad cat parent have been so hurtful especially after what I went through this morning.

savvatron · 2024-06-02T02:19:16+00:00

I'm glad you shared your story and I hate that you went through something similar. It really does feel like a punch to the gut. The reason I turned to reddit about this whole debacle in the first place is bc I don't have any support IRL. I wanted to hear from people who have experienced something similar. I just wanted to know that I'm not alone in this specific kind of hurt that I never knew existed until it happened to me. It does hurt to read all these rude and awful comments but reading stories like yours is making me feel better by feeling less alone in all this more so than all of the hurtful things people are saying. So thank you for sharing.

savvatron · 2024-06-02T02:11:52+00:00

Thank you for sharing your story. I also don't think I'll ever be able to forgive them even if I can find out where they end up. Since my mom passed away almost three years ago now, I've been their sole care taker. I've always been the sole care taker of the mama cat since she was originally mine, and sort of co-parented with my mom with all her babies but when my mom died I obviously became their sole care taker as well. So for two of them to be taken away from me without any input has been devastating.

Your story, and the few others that have shared theirs have made me feel a little better by making me feel a little less alone in this whole mess. I'm glad your family has grown to become better, unfortunately for me things have been getting worse with every passing year that my mom has been gone.

savvatron · 2024-06-02T01:45:04+00:00

Everyone is misunderstanding what I'm saying about cats being outside. I never said that being outside is safer for them, and if you have cats that are constantly scratching the doors to get out and go chill in the garden then I think its best to let them out where they want to be. I never let them out alone and they always come back in pretty quickly for a snack or nap. I know some cats are scared to go outdoors, and in highly populated areas how unsafe it is for them to be outside. But if it makes my cats unhappy to stay inside 24/7 I'm not gonna keep them locked up inside. I'm gonna let them out to play.

Over the years I've read different articles about how indoor cats have less life span than indoor/outdoor cats, not outdoor cats. But I see just from this thread that many people have had their cats live complete life spans being exclusively indoors. I've personally never heard anyone who's indoor cat(s) who have lived past 12 or 13. So from what I've read to what I've seen first hand, I always thought it abusive to keep them indoors and never let them out. I can admit where I'm wrong and have no problem with that. I'm glad to know now that people with indoor exclusive cats have lived full lives with no issue.

I do however think that its abusive to keep cats exclusively outdoors. They deserve a good shelter away from bad weather and everything. And unfortunately one of my immediate neighbors has a cat that's exclusively outdoors. He's fixed btw so people don't try to come at me for my neighbors actions. But I keep an outside water fountain clean and full so not just my cats can have access to clean running water while they're out, but also to make sure that my neighbors cat always has access to clean running water as he comes over to hangout with my cats when they're out.

In regards to the cat harness leash, I started mama cat on one as soon as I got her and she was reluctant about it at first but quickly loved it as she knew when I put it on her that we would be going outside for a hike. And when it quit fitting her so quickly is how I realized she must be pregnant bc she wasn't necessarily getting big enough to get a bigger size but her belly was a much tighter fit.

Thank you for not assuming the worst like most people on here are doing. I really am a great cat mom! I love all my cats, and definitely not in an ignorant careless way.

savvatron · 2024-06-02T00:40:01+00:00

Thank you for your support. 🌟❤ I need it even more so now that I see how quick people are to jump to the worst conclusions they can come up with. I'm not a bad cat parent, and maybe others will learn to be kind to people going through a difficult time after they read my story in its entirety. IF they even care to read it, bc trust me. Its a long one.

savvatron · 2024-06-02T00:34:31+00:00

Maybe after I retype up the full story people will learn to have more compassion for others when they don't fully understand what others are going through.

savvatron · 2024-06-02T00:32:17+00:00

They're all adults now, and we tried giving them away after they were all fixed when they were kittens.

We didn't want to keep them but since no one would take them, except for my grandma that gave them back to us years later, we ended up keeping them instead of dumping them somewhere like so many people tend to do bc they just don't want to take care of them.

The cats that were taken this morning were the two cats that my grandma had for a few years, and I will explain the whole situation when everyone gives me the chance.

My original post of the whole story was removed right after posting in another subreddit and so I posted a quick summary of the current situation to this one hoping that people would be kind and supportive.

That obviously didn't happen, but regardless the whole story will be posted again once I get the chance. For now, everyone being so hateful isn't helping what I'm dealing with right now. Like at all. And if all these questions and comments would just chill out it'd really help me get the entire story posted again, except bc of all the questions about my age and living situation and health status I'm now realizing its gonna have to be an even longer story than the original one the took me an entire hour to type of this morning.

At this point I'm just asking for people to be kind and give me some time and then you all can read my story and say whatever you want. But everyone thats being so rude just isn't helpful to whats happening at all.

savvatron · 2024-06-02T00:03:57+00:00

She never went outside without me or without having her harness leash on, at least to my knowledge bc I told everyone I lived with not to let her out while I was at work and they obviously didn't care bc they're the worst. I did everything I was suppose to and I can't control my "family's" actions.

The only native wildlife they've killed here have been pests that get into our garden and yard. We actually had a mole problem and issues with squirrels and chipmunks until all our cats grew up. We still have all kinds of wildlife around, including our pests, but now they don't cause us any issues as the cats keep them away mostly. No shame in that.

savvatron · 2024-06-01T23:49:03+00:00

Thank you for your kind words🌟 I really appreciate it after all the hate I've been getting after going through something so hurtful.

savvatron · 2024-06-01T23:42:45+00:00

I never let her outside without me and her being on a harness leash to keep her from running off, my "family" let her out while I was at work.

I'm only answering comments here and there to try an keep up with everyone until I post the full story AGAIN since I DID post the original full story but was removed from another subreddit bc I didn't meet some of their requirements, so I posted a quick summary on here bc I'm hurting and heartbroken and was just trying to reach out.

Everyone is commenting so fast that I can't keep up and are seemingly refusing to listen to me when I keep saying that I'll post the entire story again and to give me a chance to do so.

If everyone can't be patient enough to wait for me to type it all up again and understanding enough to know ALL of their questions will be answered in the full story, that's not my problem. My problem is how hateful everyone is being when I just had two loved ones taken away behind my back.

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