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Coma, Illiostomy, Severe Hair Fall Followed By Colon Resection. Taking Fentynol Patches. Reason?
I had colon resection and went septic 4 hours after being released to go home. They did a 2nd exploratory and never did find out why. The surgeon put me in a coma , then could not wake me for almost 2.5 months. My kidneys shut down, my lung collapsed (still is partially) I ended up with a illiostomy and lots of issues afterwards, one of which is all my hair is falling out. The only pain med I am still on is fentynol patches . Is there a reason for this and will it stop and will it come back. Thanks
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Welcome to healthcare Magic!
Really feel very sorry for all the suffering that you had to underwent and I am happy that they could save your life.
The Fentanyl patch is a very good pain control medicine which can control pain for 3-5 days with one patch.
if your wounds have healed and you do not feel pain then you should cut down the dose by half and after a week you can stop the pain patch.
I hope the advise would be informative and useful for you.
Take Care!
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Coma, Illiostomy, Severe Hair Fall Followed By Colon Resection. Taking Fentynol Patches. Reason?
Hi, Welcome to healthcare Magic! Really feel very sorry for all the suffering that you had to underwent and I am happy that they could save your life. The Fentanyl patch is a very good pain control medicine which can control pain for 3-5 days with one patch. if your wounds have healed and you do not feel pain then you should cut down the dose by half and after a week you can stop the pain patch. I hope the advise would be informative and useful for you. Take Care!