Jen,

Docs and nurses have seen it all before. They won't judge you if you're whacked out on painkillers. And, if they don't want you up and around, they will tie you down. No kidding.

You can ask the docs to try something else if morphine gives you a bad reaction, especially if it doesn't handle the pain. I've had six surgeries and never felt any pain, so whatever they used on me worked.

You sound pretty typical to me: memory loss, strange reactions, sleeping in little chunks. Two of my operations were "major," my definition -- 4 hours or more. I had the same reaction both times.

Ken