None would be my choice.
I was put on a morphine drip for a day and then had morphine on a pca pump which I chose not to use, and had no pain increase without the morphine proving what I said to my surgeon - don't give me morphine it doesn't help with pain and only serves to make me sick.
Evidently he didn't believe me and did things his own way thus making life worse for me - try throwing up after you have had your stomach muscles cut, pulled, stretched, stitched and stapled...............

Thankyou kia_breizzze

that has been my experience with morphine as well - nausea and vomiting. They are telling me that if they use an epidural for the first 3 days I will most likely experience no pain at all during that time and very unlikely any nausea as well. Sounds too good to be true - so I was wondering if anyone can confirm it - call me skeptical, but I can't help thinking there must be some trade-off or why don't they do it routinely.

I just got out of the hospital. I had morphine on request and requested it about 4 times, in the 2 days I was in the hospital...Usually in the evening. It helped tremendously. No side effects at all. I had a vaginal hysterectomy, keeping my ovaries and tubes. So far so good. No pain, just swelling. So, I have to recommend morphine, but of course, I didn't have a choice of epidural, but I probably wouldn't of taken that. Hope this helps.

I had a morphine pump and loved it! I could administer the morphine myself every 10 minutes if I needed it. I liked not having to ask for pain meds all the time. In the 3 days I was in the hospital I used the pump maybe 6-7 times, most of which was the first day. I had a partial hysterectomy.

Hey ~ just wanted to let you know that my mom had a total hyst last week and had the mini-spinal. Going into the surgery she wasn't going to do it, but once she found out more about it she did have it. She said it was the best thing she could've done. Her roommate had morphine and was very uncomfortable after while my mom was pain-free and relaxed. Good luck to you!!

Had my operation 6 weeks ago. I went for an epidural and would recommend it strongly. I came out of recovery quickly and was very clear headed - not nauseus at all. The Dr. Left the epidural in for 48 hours and it made a huge difference in my ability to get up and moving and in my clearheadedness....No drugs making me drowsy etc. So I could ask the questions I needed to ask and make informed decisions. The epi was set up just like the morphine drips are in that I could push it when I needed more. By the time the 48 hours was up I was okay on just ibuprofen...Compared to other patients there who had the general and then the morphine drip I was way ahead. With not nausea, I felt like drinking and eating which helped a lot too.

I am having one in September...has anyone had an epidural for their surgery without general...I had an allergic reaction last time with the anesthetic and surgery and don't want to go through that...I am having everything removed...?

I just had a vaginal hysterectomy. It was suggested to me to get an epiderial if they ended up having to cut me open. They did not have to do that. I had the morphine pump, hitting a button when I needed a dose. I guess I could have hit the button once every 6 min with no chance of OD. I only had to hit it twice in a one hour time frame. I had to have the IV disconnected that night for fear of sleep walking and did rather well with out anything. I was on oral pain meds the morning with the exception of two shots in the hip for back pain. If morphine makes you ill, I would suggest telling them up front and have them give you something else. My Dr asked me about the types of pain meds that work for me and make me sick. The last thing he wanted was me throwing up after surgery.
Best of luck
God Bless
Traene