Update
It's 6:00pm (EST) and I still feel like crap. I've been sleeping most of the day away (off and on) because of the vicodin. It makes me so darn drowsy, but doesn't quite take the pain away. I have another pain that's messing with me on top of the tooth pain.
Last night (before I went to the ER for the second time) I was in SO much pain that I took to many doses of 3 different meds. I took 1320mg of Aleve (not supposed to take more then 660mg in 24 hours), 2500mg of Excedrin (not supposed to take more then 1000mg) and 5 MOUTHFULLS of Niquil (only supposed to take 2 teaspoons). I know how horrible that sounds, but the pain was so bad and I was so tired. I just wanted to rest.
Well, apparently that tore apart my tummy. I now feel like I have an ulcer. It's hard for me to take a deep breath, and it's a constant throbbing. Even when I fall asleep (due to the vicodin) I wake up an hour later in pain. I know it's my own fault, but it never occurred to me that something like this would/could happen.
Hopefully it's only temporary pain. I really hope I didn't do any long term damage to my body. I would never forgive myself. I didn't even mention it to the doctors in the ER because I really needed them to dispense pain meds for my tooth. I was afraid they wouldn't help me if I told them how much acetaminophen I already consumed. I did however tell them about the pain. They seemed to think it's because of all the vomiting I did, and it's nothing to worry about. It's very possible that's all it is, but I guess i'll never know.
Last night (before I went to the ER for the second time) I was in SO much pain that I took to many doses of 3 different meds. I took 1320mg of Aleve (not supposed to take more then 660mg in 24 hours), 2500mg of Excedrin (not supposed to take more then 1000mg) and 5 MOUTHFULLS of Niquil (only supposed to take 2 teaspoons). I know how horrible that sounds, but the pain was so bad and I was so tired. I just wanted to rest.
Well, apparently that tore apart my tummy. I now feel like I have an ulcer. It's hard for me to take a deep breath, and it's a constant throbbing. Even when I fall asleep (due to the vicodin) I wake up an hour later in pain. I know it's my own fault, but it never occurred to me that something like this would/could happen.
Hopefully it's only temporary pain. I really hope I didn't do any long term damage to my body. I would never forgive myself. I didn't even mention it to the doctors in the ER because I really needed them to dispense pain meds for my tooth. I was afraid they wouldn't help me if I told them how much acetaminophen I already consumed. I did however tell them about the pain. They seemed to think it's because of all the vomiting I did, and it's nothing to worry about. It's very possible that's all it is, but I guess i'll never know.
posted by Renee @ 9:13 PM
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