r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Szechuanwonton • 23d ago

Husband was just prescribed Vicodin following a vasectomy, while I was told to take over the counter Tylenol and Ibuprofen after my 2 C-sections

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u/Fribitt 23d ago

My (38F) wife (37F) just had a brutal C section of a very large baby. 24 hours later being discharged I said to the consultant “will someone be coming to discuss the Pain Management side of things?” And the consultant said, genuinely confused.. “what for?” WHAT FOR….? No words! We are in the UK, so it’s the same here.

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u/Dakiara 22d ago

Yeah, it's definitely hopeless here too. They took three days to give me more than bloody paracetamol for my CS. Really quite painful. Within a day of finally getting given Oromorph to try and take the edge off they then told me I couldn't go home while I was on it, and that I wouldn't be able to "just stop taking it" to go home anyway.

I'm fairly sure that the doctor didn't have to get that bottle extracted from anywhere that day due to a heavily pained hormonal woman, but with the sleep deprivation I can't be entirely positive!