[Nairek]

Thank you everyone again for your support & suggestions. It's wonderful to be part of such a supportive community of people who know what I am going though.

I was on Lyrica until 2 weeks before my surgery. I was only taking 1 25mg pill at night before bed to help me sleep. When I asked the Nurse Practitioner at my OS's office about getting a prescription for it, she said that they wouldn't do it as they nor my pain management doctor had prescribed it to me. The prescription that I had was through my previous OS.

When I went for my 2 week post-op visit, I had told both the Pain Mgmt. doc & my OS about the burning in my feet but neither seemed too concerned about it. It's not a horrible burning pain. It's more like an annoyance at this point. I have follow up appointments with both doctors in 3 1/2 weeks. If I can't wait that long, I'll call my Pain Mgmt. doc & see what we can do. The side affects of the Lyrica did bother me a bit so I'm hesitant about going on it again.

Justin, thank you for your input on the back pain. It set my mind at ease that this is a common thing & that I shouldn't freak out over it so much. I was told that I may never be 100% pain free which I am willing to accept. It's just that the new pain is so intense, that I started second guessing my decision to have the surgery. Now I can concentrate on all the weird heart issues that I had in the hospital. I went to see my PCP last week & she more or less said it was nothing to worry about. I think the look on my face made her feel obligated to run blood work though. My husband still thinks I should see a cardiologist just to be sure. Probably because he says my lips turn blue when I'm in a lot of pain. Guess I can't hide it from him anymore.....lol

On that note, the "pesky husband alert" is reminding me that it's past midnight & that I need to take care of myself