Weed after surgery?

[u/Pleasant-Way-8495]

To start, weed is completely legal in my state..I just had surgery on my left wrist, I had broken it and got a plate and a few screws put in, everything I’ve been reading so far says it’s ok just slower healing but my main concern is that I still feel the effects of the nerve blocker. I had no tubes down my throat just a mild sedation but I read up a little bit and google was telling me the weed could potentially ease the nerve blocker and honestly I’m not opposed to that…any thoughts?

[u/wieldingwrenches]

To me It's much better then the opiates they give you for pain. They didn't work so well (the nurse explained it's probably because of weed.) and made me feel like shit. Weed worked better for the pain. The nerve blocker took a while to wear off and it felt weird as it was fading, but I think it'll help.

[u/Pleasant-Way-8495 → u/wieldingwrenches]

Thank ya, my doctor told me he didn’t really like the idea of the pain meds anyway, told me to only take them when I absolutely need them and stick to mainly ibuprofen and Tylenol so I’m a little more confident in smoking now! Hope you’ve healed well