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Prince & Fentanyl

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Soos2016
Soos2016

What does that have to do with hip replacement? Supposedly Prince had the surgery but it didn't totally relieve the pain.

Fentanyl is one of the 3 narcotics administered to my son as general anesthesia. The others were Dilaudid & Protocol. Note that last one was used by Michael Jackson.

What am I trying to say?

I wish I could have influenced my son to have spinal rather than general. I feel he would have had mental clarity sooner rather than just starting to gain some now. I asked both a nurse friend & a doctor if the affects of GA can last months. (Thank you Bini, too.)

YES, they can. Especially if your kidneys have been compromised. (Yes.)

My son will need RTHR, & I'll return to the MidWest from Hawaii in less than 2 weeks.

These powerful narcotics do NOT have the same effects on everyone. We waited over 4 hours for son to recover enough to be transported. We are still waiting for cognitive clarity to move forward.

Mahalo for reading. Please share if you are still recovering from the fog of general anesthesia for your THR.

Aloha, Soos

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  • renee01952
    renee01952 Soos2016

    Posted

    aloha soos, 

    I have no idea what narcotics were used but maybe could explain the lightheadedness and dizzy spells ???  I had GA for both THR surgeries - 

    how are you doing otherwise?

    big warm hug 

    renee

     

  • lyn1951
    lyn1951 Soos2016

    Posted

    Fentanol - Was used for me for my second hip replacement, as after first THR I was vomiting constantly, they had given me Morphine, even though I had told them I had a bad reaction to it.

    I knew this from many years ago when I had a kidney stone.

    Can still remember the young Dr saying to me that only a small number of patients have a bad reaction to Morphine, well I painted his lovely while coat with vomit, I react within seconds of being given morphine, or my stomach does.

    Propofol - used as a very short term acting anstetetic,apparently when it wears off you are susposed to wake up very quickly. They used this on me to get started on my second THR, I was surprised, as I also had been hooked up to spinal and was dead from waist down.

     

    • Soos2016
      Soos2016 lyn1951

      Posted

      Aloha Lyn

      So sorry so slow in replying.

      Lovely image now in my mind:

      projectile vomitus decorating doctor!

      They love to talk in generalities, don't they?

      Mahalo, Soos

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