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Q: Eagle's Syndrome surgery recovery ?

asked by: livelycadaver on July 1st, 2009

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It is day 4 after my calcified styloid ligament has been snipped and a piece of the stylhoid bone itself has been snipped off. I am in tremendous pain, my doctor has prescribed me 30, 7.5mg/325mg Oxycodone/APAP, I am finding it neccessary to take up to 6 a day at the time being. Day 3 I got a drain tube removed from my neck so it seemed to amp up the pain a bit more as i can feel it all healing now, and healing hurts. I guess what im asking is since i got my surgery 6 hours away in Atlanta, GA and not in Florida where i live, will my doc be able to perscribe me more painkillers as I will be running out in two more days. I was told the pain probably wouldnt be as intense after the 4th or 5th day but its still damn bad. The doc i had told me that he does tons of surgeries in this particular area of the neck yearly, and that i had one of the thickest necks he had ever seen lol... im not a big guy 6 foot 186lbs. How long should i expect these incisions to hurt for? all the stitches are under the skin and i have gauze over where the drain tube came out, each day goes by and the site seems to get a little less numb and a little bit better but it also still hurts constantly. Should my doc be giving me more meds when i run out and how much longer hsould i expect to hurt. thank you. doctor

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livelycadaver

replied on July 1st, 2009

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Pain still very bad on day 5, ear numbness continues as well as facial numbness near incisions. If i closes my eyes i would tell you that my ear kills but feels like it is not there. like amputated or something. Pain levels around a constant 4 to 5 , I dont exaggerate on pain so i would put it at like a 4.5 all, it seemed like my doctor didnt think he would need to put in a drain so i think putting my recovery at like 5 days to a week might be half hearted. Anyway im down to 8, 7.5mg oxycodone, i need to take about 1 every 4 hours, and occasionally 2 if it is killing me. I almost require about 40mg of oxycodone a day at this point in my recovery to feel just comfortable (not completely without pain but i also want to be concious amd not too loopy. Keep in mind i was taking up to 8 or 9 of these more like 60mg for day 1-3. If you would my doctor, and did this surgery would you have a problem perscribing another 30 percocets 7.5 or 20 of them to get me through the pain. Last script was filled on Monday morning at 8am. I wont need another script till friday or saturday. Please someone answer me, this is a pain relief question scenario after post surgery, doesnt mean u need to be familiar with eagles syndrome.

livelycadaver

replied on July 5th, 2009

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got a refill on the 2nd or so. 25 10mg hydros cause they said they couldnt refill percs over the phone cause its a 6hr drive to the docs office. the 8th day after surgery guys and it still hurts. when i wake up i get a break from the pain from having been laid down all day but now i get pain starting around 2pm and it gets unbearable without pain meds by 6pm , although i am down to only taking 2 to 3 hydros a day, the first day of the script i needed a ton for the pain and the day after but these past two days have been more and more barable...still think ill need a 20mg dose for a week

adramafreezone

replied on August 8th, 2009

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Can any of you tell me where I can find a surgeon to treat Eagles Syndrome? I have seen one doctor at Johns Hopkins, and I would like to find a second opinion from another doc that has performed this surgery more than once. I thank you for any information you can provide

1EMTbabydoll

replied on September 11th, 2009

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adramafreezone...I highly recommend Dr. W. Bradley Simmons of Canandaigua, NY. He treated me for Eagle's Syndrome. My surgery was November 20, 2008 at FF Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua. Can you believe that there was NOT one specialist at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester who knew anything about Eagle's Syndrome? I was shocked! Dr. Simmons performs the surgery with his partner, Dr. John Centonze. This magnificent medical team fixed up my left styloid process which was impinging my carotid artery. Normally measuring 2.5 cm in length, it was 6.5 cm when they performed my surgery. It is now back to its appropriate size. Good luck to you! I'm getting ready to have my right styloid process fixed up in the very near future.

JasonInPain

replied on September 16th, 2009

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1EMTbabydoll.. did you exhibit any pain due to the Eagle's Syndrome? And if so, is the pain now gone after the surgery? Any help would be appreciated!

eaglesyndromepain101

replied on October 24th, 2009

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Eagle Syndrome Treatment Atlanta

Did the surgery help you, decrease the pain you felt? Also you said you had your surgery in Atlanta. Would you mind referring me to which specialist you saw? I'm trying to find a doctor in the area who has some notion or clue about the syndrome and its treatment. Thanks for any help.

marice3011

replied on November 11th, 2009

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styloidectomy three years ago at northwestern in chicago. I am now having severe pain for past year that feels lika an icepick is being drilled through my ear. I also have numbness in the left side of face and neck. I never got rid of the numbness to my neck post-surgery. Several Dr's later and several diagnosis and I am soooo done! Has anyone had these symptoms after a styloidectomy?

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