Has anyone had TAH and not had morphine after as really don't want this drug in my body and would rather have either an alternative or no pain relief at all. And if not had pain relief then truthfully how painful have you found it.
I did have it, but didn't have any problems, the worst part for me was having to keep the bleeping oxygen mask on. Good luck xxx
It is self administered though so you control how much or how little you want/need xx
LOL, me too, I remember being in the recovery room, I kept taking the mask off and the nurse kept putting it back on............Good Game, Good Game 
LOL, I seem to remember it being more of a problem overnight, I had to have my urine measured and a bladder scan that first night and the nurse kept telling me off!! xx
I had my op back in Nov 14 and it was private they don't do it. I tell you it's very pain full please take it if you can have it. I just had string pain killers but nothing worked. When you wake up the pain was there it hit me. Good luck xx
I don't want any at all, i hate pain relief of any type and will only take something if its life or death type pain, luckily i've never had any bad pain in my life so far so thats why i'm thinking about it but erring on side of refusing it, i have my pre op assessment on 31.3.15 so perhaps i should bring it up then. I want to be wide awake and ready to escape and don't want any drugs that cloud my thinking, i think its a control thing lol
I had mine for 24hrs and I got fed up wearing the gaping gown and wanted tp put my own on, in order to do this I had to disconnect the oxygen quickly take off the hospital gown, quickly put mine on and get the oxygen back on all before they came to do my obs again, the nurses face was a picture when she came back in the room 
, I can only imagine what she was thinking, I was walking around carrying my catheter bag later on.
Bad me!!
Just had mine. Had a drug called OxyContin slow release. It took the edge off plus had codeine and paracetamol. I have quite a high pain threshold but nothing could prepare me for the pain. I wS also given an epidural by a student before the op. This failed so woke in a lot of pain. My advice take whats given. No points for being in pain!! I'm 2 weeks post op and still taking meds!!
Donna x
Hi
I had a hysterectomy (uterus removed only) 2 weeks tomorrow. I was told I would be hooked up to morphine but I would be in control of it. Was still very sleepy after coming round so in all honesty I didn't use it that much through the night (only got in the ward 9pm). The following morning they took it off me as soon as they could and was given paracetamol and codeine. To be honest the latter two didn't seem to ease the pain. Stopped taking them the Monday after the op and tried to manage the pain without anything.
I will say don't suffer if you need to take something to get you through the first few days then do.
Also you might end up with trapped wind get some peppermint oil or colpermin capsules in or buscupan to ease the pain from that.
Good luck hope all goes well x
I won't lie to you if your having. TAH particullarly if your having an abdominal incision you will have some pain.....don't try and be brave, if you relatively pain free you will mobiles much quicker which will help overall with your recovery, it will also help with the wind pain too.....discuss your pain killing options wth your anaesthetist, they will be supporting you with your analgesic options....there are lots of alternates on te market now....im6 weeks TAH tomorrow, I had to have quite a wide incision due to a llarge uterus....I stil occasionally have to take codeine at night.....although I am a bit of a wimp!!
Think i'm going to be a naughty patient too lol, at my previous pre op ass (before last op was cancelled) the sister told me due to my good health, positive attitude and all results to my tests that i should only need to stay in overnight, thats now what i'm aiming for and if they try to keep me in for a second night they are going to have a fight on their hands lol, she also said that i should be walking around the evening after my op even with the catheter and drain in so i am planning my escape even if still connected.
Hi,
I didn't have morphine after my op last June. It's not that I didn't want it, they just didn't give me any 
Don't know why because the lady in the bed across from me had it and she had the same oncologist gynaecologist as me. I wasn't in any pain though as I had a general anaesthetic and a spinal and had regular painkillers later, think it was paracetamol, cocodamol and ibuprofen. I wouldn't recommend having no pain relief at all though. I had liquid morphine on day 3 though as I was having a lot of bowel pain during the night but think I only had it once. I had oxygen via my nose, no mask and a drip and catheter for the first 24 hrs or so.
You go girl! lol.
I'm due my op in a month. Is it normal to have oxygen mask and catheter after hysterectomy op then? I've only had investigation op before and didn't have either and was expecting this op to be the same but with more pain and less mobility and longer recovery.
I don't know if it's normal, but certainly on my ward, everyone had a catheter, a morphine drip and oxygen for the first night post op. I got my catheter out the next morning, it doesn't hurt, just feels strange, and they also took away the morphine and oxygen. I had to have a two prong thingy put on for the oxygen as I kept taking the mask off. I did not want the morphine taking away as I was still in pain and the codeine and paracetamol really don't ease it initially. You will also have surgical stockings on, initially full length, but then knee length after the first day. In my hospital, I had to wee in a paper pot the first time as they need to measure output. I also had to give a sample the next couple of times too. Don't actually know why.
I wasn't made to get up until the following morning but they were insistent that I get up and get washed and showered then.
Don't try to pull yourself up from lying flat. I raised the bed to a sitting position, turned on my side and managed to swing my legs around on to the floor. If I had to move from sitting to standing, and vice versa, I pressed a small rolled towel against my stomach and that helped.
I was allowed home after two nights as I was walking around the ward constantly. I had not had a bowel movement but apparently if you have bowel sounds and have passed wind, you are ok to leave.
I was sent home with two pairs of stockings and 5 dressings that I had to change every two days. I was supposed to keep the stockings on for 6 weeks but managed two. Hope that helps a bit
Thank you. Gives me a bit of heads up as I'm expecting it to be like my lap investigation where I was up and about the hr after op even if not easily. At least I won't be disappointed when I'm not!
If its self administered can you just choose to not give it to yourself? I'm aware it will be painful etc but i don't even drink alcohol as can't stand the woozy feeling as i have to be in control at all times. I have a very high pain threshold and have dental work done without injections as don't even like the thought of novocaine, i hadn't even thought about the pain relief side of all this until my friend had an op on Tuesday and under the influence of Morphine sent me a text about a polar bear wearing pink nail varnish!!! Feeling like that would be my worst nightmare lol
its not being brave Bridy just terrified more by the thought of not being in control than the pain side of it. In my tiny little mind i think that if no morphine is taken i will be clearer in my mind so that when i do the runner i intend doing after the op i will at least be able to see/know where i'm going lol, but seriously it is the thought of a mind altering drug going in my body which is absolutely terrifying me more that the actual op.
If you don't want morphine then make that clear to your anaesthetist, you DO NOT have to take anything you are not comfortable with, I did have it, it just makes me queasy, it doesn't affect my mind at all, I was given pain relief tablets after coming round and I refused them, it is Your body, if you don't want something don't have it, they can't force you, I was an auxiliary nurse and have heard many people refuse meds of all kinds, it's classed as assault if they give meds without consent.