Re: femoral nerve block vs spinal

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I agree with you. that is what I had for both tkr surgeries and I was

most pleased.

On Jan 3, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Sandy wrote:

> I had my pre op doctor appointments today. The anesthesiologist asked

> me to pick between the femoral nerve block and the spinal. I am

> leaning towared the femoral because it seems to be better for pain

> management. Any opinions out there?

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> Thanks, Sandy

> TKR 1/15/2007

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" If God brings you to it He will bring you through it. "

[Guest guest]

Boy Howdy do I have an opinion on femoral nerve

blocks! I was one of three paients who had a TKR with

a femoral nerve block on the same day. My surgery

took place about noon. The other two paients had good

results with their nerve blocks. I had the only nerve

block failure of the day. I appearently had a small

amount of blood back up and form a clot in the line

delivering the medication or I should say not

delivering the medication, or it's possible the line

was placed in the wrong location.

Once the pain medication I had recieved for the TKR

surgery wore off I was in agony. But as I have never

had this type surgery before I had no clue as to what

my pain level should be. I do remember thinking if

this is what surgery feels like with a nerve block I

don't know how anyone ever survived surgery before

they had nerve blocks.

By about 6 or 8 pm the medical staff on duty began to

suspect I had a pain control problem. But there was

no one on site at that hour with the authority to

change my pain medication order and while this

condition was extremly painful for me it was not life

threatening. So NOTHING was done to correct the

problem until about 8 oclock the next morning. If I

had it to do over I would insist on a back up plan to

better monitor patient conditions after normal

hospital hours. And also if the anesthesiologist is

not going to be available for after hour callbacks he

should to leave authority with someone to authorize

medication changes or to increase the medication as

needed in the event the nerve block fails.

PS A couple of days later later when the

anesthesiologist came by the room, he avoided talking

to me and seemed miffed that I had messed up his

percentages for the nerve blocks. Poor guy, I almost

feel his pain... NOT.

Anyway good luck, when they work I hear those nerve

blocks are very good.

Dave

Salem Or.

--- Sandy <sandyo2401@...> wrote:

> I had my pre op doctor appointments today. The

> anesthesiologist asked

> me to pick between the femoral nerve block and the

> spinal. I am

> leaning towared the femoral because it seems to be

> better for pain

> management. Any opinions out there?

>

> Thanks, Sandy

> TKR 1/15/2007

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Boy Howdy do I have an opinion on femoral nerve

blocks! I was one of three paients who had a TKR with

a femoral nerve block on the same day. My surgery

took place about noon. The other two paients had good

results with their nerve blocks. I had the only nerve

block failure of the day. I appearently had a small

amount of blood back up and form a clot in the line

delivering the medication or I should say not

delivering the medication, or it's possible the line

was placed in the wrong location.

Once the pain medication I had recieved for the TKR

surgery wore off I was in agony. But as I have never

had this type surgery before I had no clue as to what

my pain level should be. I do remember thinking if

this is what surgery feels like with a nerve block I

don't know how anyone ever survived surgery before

they had nerve blocks.

By about 6 or 8 pm the medical staff on duty began to

suspect I had a pain control problem. But there was

no one on site at that hour with the authority to

change my pain medication order and while this

condition was extremly painful for me it was not life

threatening. So NOTHING was done to correct the

problem until about 8 oclock the next morning. If I

had it to do over I would insist on a back up plan to

better monitor patient conditions after normal

hospital hours. And also if the anesthesiologist is

not going to be available for after hour callbacks he

should to leave authority with someone to authorize

medication changes or to increase the medication as

needed in the event the nerve block fails.

PS A couple of days later later when the

anesthesiologist came by the room, he avoided talking

to me and seemed miffed that I had messed up his

percentages for the nerve blocks. Poor guy, I almost

feel his pain... NOT.

Anyway good luck, when they work I hear those nerve

blocks are very good.

Dave

Salem Or.

--- Sandy <sandyo2401@...> wrote:

> I had my pre op doctor appointments today. The

> anesthesiologist asked

> me to pick between the femoral nerve block and the

> spinal. I am

> leaning towared the femoral because it seems to be

> better for pain

> management. Any opinions out there?

>

> Thanks, Sandy

> TKR 1/15/2007

>

>

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[Guest guest]

i had the nerve block with my second surgery and did a lot better than the spinal which i have nerve damage now.Shirley femoral nerve block vs spinal

I had my pre op doctor appointments today. The anesthesiologist asked

me to pick between the femoral nerve block and the spinal. I am

leaning towared the femoral because it seems to be better for pain

management. Any opinions out there?

Thanks, Sandy

TKR 1/15/2007

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afraid I was too chicken for a block and opted for a general, I'm glad I did, but not everyone tolerates the drugs.

ann

femoral nerve block vs spinal

I had my pre op doctor appointments today. The anesthesiologist asked me to pick between the femoral nerve block and the spinal. I am leaning towared the femoral because it seems to be better for pain management. Any opinions out there?Thanks, SandyTKR 1/15/2007

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Shirley, did you get the nerve damage with the femerol or spinal?

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[Guest guest]

Dave,

Sorry to hear you had such an awful problem w/ the nerve block. I can't

believe they made you wait all that time for pain relief! After I had the

nerve block removed and started to have significant pain the initial pain

reliever stopped working after a couple fo days. They called SOMEONE and got

the orders changed so that I could start working on getting relief. I have a

rough time w/ narcotics, I build up resistance to the dosage levels quickly

and they need to be raised. After a certain point I just live w/ what's left

because I'm terrified of addiction. The told me that as long as you need

narcotics you won't get addicted . . . but how do you know when that

happens?

Pat

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> Boy Howdy do I have an opinion on femoral nerve

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i have the same problem with meds, i was ready to pull my hair out when the meds wasnt working but the dr would not change my dose.PAT ANDREWS <teganambrosia@...> wrote: Dave,Sorry to hear you had such an awful problem w/ the nerve block. I can't believe they made you wait all that time for pain relief! After I had the nerve block removed and started to have significant pain the initial pain reliever stopped working after a couple fo days. They called SOMEONE and got the orders changed so that I

could start working on getting relief. I have a rough time w/ narcotics, I build up resistance to the dosage levels quickly and they need to be raised. After a certain point I just live w/ what's left because I'm terrified of addiction. The told me that as long as you need narcotics you won't get addicted . . . but how do you know when that happens?Pat----- > Boy Howdy do I have an opinion on femoral nerve> blocks! __________________________________________________