Tumor pain relief. Any advice?
There's a large tumor discovered Mar. 23 on my R kidney; the pain worsened on Saturday to radiate from the waist towards the front, about 10 inches in a line. MD said "warm showers to relax, read, listen to music, walk, do something to take your mind off it" until surgery, which is some weeks away. Would anyone know more immediate relief methods? Currently, I'm using hot showers and a heating pad that helps quite a lot in addition to his advice. The prescribed tylenol stopped working on Saturday; it was 650 mgs every 6 hrs. I switched to my old standby: aspirin every 4 hours. MD said "stop aspirin 1 week prior to surgery" which I intend to do.
The area is approx. 8 inches in diameter for the pain source, which was described as 'grapefruit' sized tumor. I can feel the pushing of the tumor against my ribs and guts, with noticeable distension and extra firmness to the area. Any hints appreciated.
May you have a complete and full recovery, with no hiccups!
Call, visit--whatever--beg your doc for something that will WORK. The pain is being caused by something, it's not 'in your head' and all the meditation/essential oils/massage isn't going to relieve pain that has an actual, literal cause.
The war on opioids is a lost cause. You KNOW who the biggest abusers of them are? Doctors and others in the healthcare field.
THAT comes from my DIL, an anesthesiologist. She said that people are waaaaay underprescribed for pain.
I wish you luck in getting this dealt with.
Year ago I had a bad flare-up from an old injury - it hurt enough I couldn’t sleep. Saw an acupuncturist and omg was kicking myself for not trying that sooner! Later when my headaches came back to the point I was given prescription meds for them, I did a series of acupuncture treatments. Literally have been off those meds since.
Caveat everyone is designed differently and every acupuncturist is different. For me this modality works extremely well and its my go-to for pain issues. ( I respond poorly to many medications too with some scary incidences, so this is a great option for me ) Fyi my initial acupuncturist was from Shanghai and taught acupuncture there too - she was no frills top notch. Found her via a friend’s referral, it’s worth it to look around.
Feel better soon!! Many blessings to you
Itll also work well with opiates. Which I’m sorry have been given to treat painful tumors and surgeries for decades and generations safely. If they gave you a Vicodin scrip though the surgery date and post surgery, no, we wouldn’t hear how pronker is mainlining Mexican fent in a crack house.
Even St. Joseph's does not mention Nephrology as a specialty, I could be wrong.
Try UCSF, or the Mayo Clinic in Arizona?
There have been people with what seems like "emergencies" that never went to the E.R. And I am no expert, and do not want to scare you with even more concerns than you may already be having.
Common sense says to me that just because you have a surgery scheduled (some time in the future) does not mean that you should have to endure or ignore acute, increasing pain.
Of course, call your doctor. Ask if you should go to the E.R. ??
A tumor that size can rupture and become life-threatening. How will you know?
If you were family, and I knew a little more as to why your surgery is so far away from Mar. 23rd., I might suggest you go to the E.R. for the proper pain meds and an update (MRI) on the tumor. And, to stop the aspirin "as if" you were going to require emergency surgery any day.
At the very least, return to see your doctor right away.
quickly. hint, hint.
Delaying surgery on a tumor like that is unconscionable, imo.
Opioids are the most effective analgesic class, far more than the near worthless and very dangerous cocktails of 1980s antiepileptics and antidepressants, augmented by weirdo antipsychotics like seroquel. It’s about as effective as aromatherapy and homeopathic woo, in my opinion.