I am in such pain! I had an abscess removed from my back yesterday and it has left a 1.5" hole. I've just been to the first of what will be daily visits to the GP to have the packing removed, wound cleaned, and re-packed (so it will heal from the inside out). IT HURT LIKE HELL!
Has anybody had something similar? I've been given no pain management advice. I've taken Voltarol but it doesn't seem to have done much. I screamed out several times whilst the nurse was pulling out the old packing and could hardly drive afterwards. Only now, two hour later, am I starting to be able to function again. I still feel sick and shaky. I'm dreading tomorrow, and the next day etc. I mentioned local anaesthetic to the nurse and she just laughed. I wasn't laughing. I was in too much pain and feeling too shaky to ask her why not and what else I could do to manage the pain.
What are the best pain killers? And, how long before the pain starts to lesson? Any advice here would be great.
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Ouch! Dressing of wound left by abscess removed from back
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Belo · 26/09/2012 09:59
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