Hi everyone, I am day 6 post op. First two days I was okay and since then I have been in agony and it keeps getting worse. I understand that it is due to the scabs falling off but my doctor prescribed paracetamol and voltarel. I can take paracetamol every 4 hours but only a max of 8 tablets in 24 hours and I have to stop taking them at midnight. The voltarel I can only take 1 a day. This means I wake up during the night in absolute agony with my throat and ears. I have been eating popsicles, soup, ice cream. On day 4 I threw up everything in my stomach and threw up three times which was also incredibly painful.
I feel like just paracetamol post op isnt enough - it was the same after my appendix and gallbladder removal too. With the painkiller timeline I’ve been given it guarantees waking up in agony and staying awake for hours until I can take painkillers again.
Any suggestions?