NSAIDS
I've had both of my knees replaced, and I can tell you, you will be on narcotics after your surgery. I was on morphine right after surgery, until I could eat and then I got Norco and Oxycontin. The pain meds made me comfortable, and I'm so grateful that I got them. Don't be afraid to take them. Do your physical therapy, take your meds and you will be fine.
5' 5" tall. VSG on August 4, 2015/ Starting weight 239.9/ Surgery weight 210.9/ Current weight 137.4/ Goal weight 140/ No longer overweight, now a NORMAL weight. Now that I'm at goal, it's time to move on to maintenance!!!!!!!!
When my sciatica flares up and I need to take narco - And have to work or otherwise be alert - I take only 1/2 pill of narco combined with an additional Tylenol. That takes the edge of the pain without making me too spaced out...
Hope you get better soon..
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
The only thing I can take is tramadol for menstrual cramps. NSAIDs are out, and I stay away from tylenol because of potential liver issues.
Lanie; Age: 43; Surgery Date (VSG): 8/12/14 w/complications resulting in RNY next day;
Height: 5' 6" SW: 249 Comfort Zone: 135-140 CW: 138 (10/13/17)
M1: -25 lbs M2: -12 M3: -13 M4: -7 M5: -11 M6: -10 M7: -7 M8: -7 M9: -3 M10: -8 M11: -4 M12: -4
5K PR - 24:15 (4/23/16) First 10K - 53:30 (10/18/15)
I shall repeat myself yet again---
NSAIDs pose some risks for ANYONE who takes them. ANY surgery on your digestive tract slightly increases those risks. The anatomical changes the RNY makes increases those risks quite a bit, so RNYers are advised to NEVER take NSAIDs again.
This includes NSAIDs in ANY form---oral, IV, injected, even in topical creams, because NSAIDs have a systemic effect. They don't wor****il they get into your bloodstream, and once they DO get into your bloodstream, they have the side effect of thinning the mucosal lining of your digestive tract. Because of the always-open stoma that connects the RNY pouch to the small intestine, this is much bigger deal than iin people who have a functional pylorus.
The pylorus is the connection between the stomach and the small intestine that we're born with. (Well, that 99.999% of us are born with.) The pylorus is bypassed in the RNY, but NOT in the Sleeve or the DS (which has a Sleeved stomach). Sleevers and DSers have fully functional stomachs. While the fact that ANY digestive-tract surgery slightly increases the risks from NSAIDs, Sleevers and DSers have pretty much the SAME risks they had pre-op.
And yes, there's a wide variation in individuals' response to the risks of NSAIDs. My mom, who have never had any sort of digestive-tract surgery, has never been able to tolerate NSAIDs. I'm 12 years out from the DS, and I take prescription-strength naprosyn twice a day, every day, and have for 20+ years, with no problems.
Bottom line is---once you are fully healed from surgery, you need to weigh the pros and cons of NSAID usage for YOUR particular situation and make your own decision.
