I had the Botox injections on Wednesday morning. The surgery was a complete disaster. I was supposed to have an epidural but I ended with a spinal because the anesthesiologist was late and she didn’t have time to do an epidural. The epidural was for pain control, it was supposed to be left in until Thursday afternoon. The spinal wore off about an hour after the surgery and I was in soo much pain. My doctor ordered 2mg of morphine every two hours. There was no way that 2mg of morphine was going to touch my pain. As the spinal was wearing off, I apparently had a pseudoseizure. I have never seen someone have a seizure so how could I fake one? My doc then ordered a psychiatry consult. WHAT! The nurses in the recovery room claim that I threatened them and that I was a danger to myself and others. I should have known that my doc never believed me. He was just using me so that he could learn how to do the Botox injections. I also woke up with an ice pack condom in my vagina. I had to beg for over an hour to get it taken out. The ice pack did help with the burning but it also caused horrible cramps. I couldn’t pee and I asked the nurses to cath me to help relieve some of the pressure. The nurses said my doc didn’t order a straight cath or a Foley cath so I was going to have to wait until I could pee on my own. I took a LoFric out of my bag and cathed myself. I never thought that I would appreciate having a catheter inserted seeing how they normally hurt to insert. After a room on the pediatrics ward was ready for me, I was transferred upstairs. I was escorted by a security guard the entire way. The security guard was ordered to stay outside of my room for over an hour after I arrived on the ward. I also had a nurse technician in my room at all times. I was not allowed to leave the room, open up the drapes to look outside, or try to use the bathroom by myself. I was so humiliated. My doctor ordered Lortab 5’s for pain control once I got to my room. I take stronger pain meds than that on a regular basis. Once I asked for pain meds, it was over three hours before I was offered the first dose of Lortab. I went to use the bathroom and when I looked at my lower abdomen and vagina, I had black and purple bruises in the shape of a handprint all over down there. I don’t know how they got there, but bruises were not there before the surgery. As soon as I got back to my bed, I just started to cry. I have been through hell the past year and a half and now my doc thinks I’m crazy and I’m being denied pain meds. I also think I might have been raped while I was in the hospital. I’m bruised and swollen and I have weird discharge coming from my vagina.
My birthday is on Sunday but I’m not in the mood to celebrate. I thought that the Botox would give me some relief from my symptoms but now I feel like I have been brutally raped and beaten. My regular pain meds are not helping with the pain. I tried calling my regular doc today and her office staff said she didn’t have time to see me. I don’t want to go to the ER because I would have to wait for hours just to be told there is nothing they can do for me.
My birthday is on Sunday but I’m not in the mood to celebrate. I thought that the Botox would give me some relief from my symptoms but now I feel like I have been brutally raped and beaten. My regular pain meds are not helping with the pain. I tried calling my regular doc today and her office staff said she didn’t have time to see me. I don’t want to go to the ER because I would have to wait for hours just to be told there is nothing they can do for me.
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