One of my post-op surprises has been the amount of meds prescribed. My personal experience is that they often cause me more harm than good. In the hospital, I was given insulin and keppra (which I just found out today that it is the reason for the bruised abdomen I have), an antibiotic for a "possible" problem with the fat graft; an oral rinse for the thrush caused from the amoxicillian, acetazolamide for seizure/diuretic, steroids of course, Pepcid for the ulcer that the steroids may cause; and pain meds--that took havoc on my internal system. But, The good thing was that everytime I asked about reducing or cancelling a medicine, the doctors listened to the whats and whys of my situation (doing above average post-op probably helps with my requests). I managed to escape at least 2 rounds of insulin at the hospital; they ended the amoxicillin early; I stopped the Pepcid and they didn't have a cow; I also was only give 14 days of steroids--they had said it could be 30; and then yesterday (2 weeks early!) the acetazolamide was stopped after I thought it was the culprit for tingling in my hands although they did order a lab to check electrolytes just in case. So yay! 2 weeks post-op and NO meds. Now to get on with some real healing. I also want to encourage those others post-op to ask because everybody knows his/her body best.
