Here we go...another question from the newbie

Wow thanks for all the responses...unfortunately I did not have surgery yet.  I have to re-do my gastroscopy, which is putting everything  back again and now I have to re-do all the tests pre-op. I had back surgery in September and told the nurses, even though I was still a little drugged up that I couldn't take any meds...but they pumped me with Morphine, gave me vitamins and all my other meds...of course like I told them before including the anesthesiologist that I would puke.  Of course no pail or anything was available for me to puke in and I couldn't move because of my back, so I had to turn my head and do it on my hair, over the bed and on the pillow...ewwww grosss!  Any type of pain med or vitamin makes me so sick on an empty stoma*****luding anti-emetics, but at least I now know it's not the analgesic drug.

I have a severe problem with opioids (morphine, codeine, etc.). They make me extremely nauseated and loopy - I even had a panic attack once. I don't do too well with general anesthesia either. When I had my laparoscopy and hysterectomy, my anesthesiologist put me under really light (I was actually awake a few times during the surgery) and he put anti-nausea meds in my IV.  For both surgeries, I made my surgeon write in big block letters "NO PAIN MEDS UNLESS REQUESTED BY PATIENT" on my chart. Despite this, some floor nurse came in a few hours after my hysterectomy and started to prep a syringe of Demerol. Thank God I was awake!! I told her I didn't want any pain meds and would let her know if I started having pain and needed her to give me something. She told me that when I was in agony later I'd wish I'd gotten it -- then proceeded to poke the syringe into my IV port. I was royally pissed!!! I grabbed her wrist with my good hand and yelled at her to read my f***ing chart because if she gave me that crap I was going to start heaving my guts up and it would be her fault that I busted my stitches. She was about to argue with me when the charge nurse came in and told her to get out of there.  The saddest thing about all that is that my pain only got bad enough to take anything stronger than extra-strength Tylenol ONE TIME during my whole recuperation period. I literally had a full bottle of hydrocodone left over... and this nurse thought she knew about my pain threshold better than me. YIKES! The surgeon who is going to do my RNY is really great, he and his staff know I don't do meds well so they're looking after me. I'll just have to pray that the nurses at the hospital post-op pay attention! Maybe I should print out a big sign and have my DH tape it above my bed!!!