Too much pain med?

Well, I'm on day 6 and I'm beginning to wonder how much is too much pain medication ? I'm up to 6 percocet a day and that is barely keeping my pain at bay. I've called my doctor to voice concern but they said " give it time". And here's one. My tongue is still numb! What is that about?

I thought I'd back down on pain meds to just Tylenol but that was a big mistake. I'm really hurting now and did last night too. Back to Norco.

Oh and i should have mentioned that my right hip was numb until yesterday. Oh how I wish it were still numb!

What day are you and how much are you taking?

I switched my norco an ibuprofen up. Took no more than 4 norco and 2 ibuprofen. Now I take 2 norco and 4 ibuprofen. The norco never quite took away all the pain. The ibuprofen was 800mg helped a lot. Especially the first 2 weeks. I always was in pain but it was tolerable. I would watch the clock for my next dose. I had a problem with Vicodin about 6 years ago after getting rear ended 3 times in a 5 week span. I told myself I would set limits after this surgery. You will start needing it less when you heal more. I feel great now, at 5 weeks compared to my first 3 weeks. Btw, uncoils tell the difference in pain depending on which med I took. Ibuprofen helped a lot or all the stuff hurting internally and norco was good or incision pain. Hope you start feeling better soon!

Everyone one is different just as every surgery is different. My surgeon initially gave me a 15 day supply, but do to the nature of my case, he refilled it for another 15 days. 30 days in all. I did not need all of them, but was comforted to know if I needed it, it was there. Listen to your body. It knows best.