wheelrite wrote:correction,,
I meant Hrdro not Oxy,,,
still,8 a day ,too many,,,
Hydrocodone 5/325 1-2 every six hours. They were Rx'd by my conservative internist. Well within the safe limit for Tylenol dosage. Not too many, unless being abused, in which case any is too much. Actually, that wasn't good enough. Oxycodone would have been the better Rx. Hydro don't last 6 hours. Should have been 1-2 every 4-6 hours @ 7.5mg or 10mg, not 5mg.
I thought they would get me through the procedure, but didn't. So, I switched to some old Oxy I found from my last surgery- and it worked fine. Should have gotten something more from my buddy the hand surgeon, but didn't think I needed it because I was shot up with so much local anesthesia, that I didn't realize what was comming. And then, I felt uncomfortable asking (of a friend) for some irrational reason, including that it was Yom Kippur.
Anyhow, all is good. No more pain. No more painkillers. Pathology report did not show any bacteria at all. Didn't present like gout. Wonder what it was or, if perhaps two days of antibiotics before the procedure killed the bacteria- which I find hard to believe...