Medicare paid for my DS revision, no problems.  The DS is an approved medicare surgery if you qualify as far as morbid obesity and comorbidities.  You just have to go through the hoops and get it at a center of excellence.

I use almost 2 grams a day of curcumin for my RA and it works for me.  I'm post op DS though, not RNY.

My rheumie just upped my dosage from 5 to 7 per week.  So far no hair loss.  At one time, prior to WLS, I was on max dose of 10 per week for a couple of years and had no hair loss.

I had RNY and need surgery on my big toe due to osteoarthritis.  My foot doc asked me if I could take Celebrex...  so is that considered okay with RNY?

Thanks!

I was on 7 tabs for a year with no hair loss.  I now give myself a shot once a week of .08mg of methotrexate and have for 6 months with no hair loss.  I have rheumatoid arthritis and also give myself a shot of Embrel once a week.  My doctors think because of my disease, I am too high a risk for weight loss surgery!  I am investigating further...